Art Intros: Meet Surrealism

Be introduced to all things Surrealism in this engaging and fun book exploring one of the most iconic art movements. Learn all about the movement that showed people how to set their imagination free. Discover how surrealists turned dreams into works of art, enter the Bureau of Surrealist Research and find out how fish bones, lobster telephones and a cauliflower-filled Rolls Royce are all linked in this introduction to Surrealism. Journey from 1920s Paris to the end of the movement and its long-standing impact on popular culture, meeting key figures such as Leonora Carrington, Meret Oppenheim, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo and many more along the way. Art Intros introduces young readers to each major art movement with an exciting combination of illustrations and reproductions of artworks alongside fun facts and stories. This is the perfect collection of books for creative children, budding artists and all curious young minds to start exploring the world of art.

About the author

Susie Brooks is an award-winning writer and editor of children's books. Writing on a wide range of subjects from dinosaurs to geography, she also masquerades as an artist (among other things, painting children's portraits and getting messy in classroom workshops!). In 2014, her Get into Art series won the English Association Picture Book Award, British Book Design and Production Award and the overall SLA Information Book Award. She can regularly be found walking people's dogs and in her spare time, loves to travel and explore new places!

Product details

• Authors: Susie Brooks, Brooks Susie, SUSIE BROOKS
• Assisted by: Marcella Tamayo (Illustration)
• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.05.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781445183558
• ISBN: 978-1-4451-8355-8
• No. of pages: 32
• Series: Art Intros
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Art, music; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / History, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Art, Interest age: from c 5 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 1 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists, Art: general interest (Children's / Teenage)