Dancing with Degas

by Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober

Book Overview

This imaginative board book features beautiful paintings by a renowned artist paired with playful, rhyming text. Children can enter Edgar Degas's magical world of toe shoes, tutus and elegant... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811840476
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 22 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful art book for kids

I have four of Julie Merberg's books and this one isn't a disappointment. Her books are fabulous introductions to art for little ones. The pictures in this book are beautiful Degas paintings. My daughter loves looking at the dancers and listening to the flowing text that goes with the pictures. All of Merberg's books are worth the price if you want to begin introducing art to your little one.

Another great book in a great series

Bought this book for my 3 year old daughter after she LOVED the Van Gogh book in this series. Gives kids a great introduction to art, and it's a natural for girls in the "ballerina" stage as mine is. The rhymes are nice -- not cloying as they are in so many other kid's books, so I enjoy reading it too. The book ends with tired dancers getting ready to rest, so it's a perfect bedtime book! We've bought several books in this series, each has been a hit.

Wonderful book!

I checked this book out at the library, along with the author's Matisse and Monet books for my 19 month daughter. I love ballet and impressionist art and thought these would be a good introduction. The rhymes are lovely as are the pictures. After reading through them a couple of times, she fell in love with them, especially "gah" as she calls the Degas book. It's funny...she relates ballet to Degas now, too, as she'll she a ballerina and say "gah"!!

A winner in the "Favorite Books" stakes!

We bought this for my little guy when he was about 7 months old -- I loved the concept of exposing him to classical art in a way that was appropriate for his age. A picture book with a fun ryming story was just right!Little did I realize that this, of all his dozens of books, would be the first to really capture his attention! Up to the point at which he decided this was his favorite book, Jack showed limited interest in books. But at some point he decided that books are very cool -- and Dancing with Degas was the first one he expected us to read to him over and over and over -- sometimes five repetitions at a sitting! He has since added other books to his list of favorites -- but Dancing with Degas remains up there toward the top of the list. When he turned one year, we got selveral more of Merberg and Bober's books, and he likes them all. But this one is still his favorite.I highly recommend it! (And if you play Mozart quietly in the background as you read, the dancers seem to practially fly off the page!)

A fun and beautiful book!

I bought this for my daughter's first birthday and we love it! It is filled with Degas' paintings and a fun ryhming verse. It's a great way to introduce your little one to classical art in a format geared toward little readers.