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Kid Artists: True Tales of Childhood from Creative Legends (Kid Legends) Hardcover – August 9, 2016

by David Stabler (Author), Doogie Horner (Illustrator)

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Hilarious childhood biographies and full-color illustrations reveal how Leonardo da Vinci, Beatrix Potter, Keith Haring, and other great artists in history coped with regular-kid problems.

Every great artist started out as a kid. Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world’s most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you.

Jackson Pollock’s family moved constantly—he lived in eight different cities before he was sixteen years old.
Georgia O’Keeffe lived in the shadow of her “perfect” older brother Francis.
And Jean-Michel Basquiat triumphed over poverty to become one of the world’s most influential artists.

Kid Artists tells their stories and more with full-color cartoon illustrations on nearly every page. Other subjects include Claude Monet, Jacob Lawrence, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Beatrix Potter, Yoko Ono, Dr. Seuss, Emily Carr, Keith Haring, Charles Schulz, and Louise Nevelson.

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“Lively glimpses of formative moments and budding talents.”—Kirkus Reviews

“A fun and useful addition, especially for aspiring writers and class projects.”—School Library Journal

“This is an ideal gift for aspiring young writers who may need proof that even the most famous authors had to start somewhere.”—Shelf Awareness for Readers

“Full of real information, but the author made it fun and funny … I would recommend this book for all people who read books and want to know interesting information about authors, and also for people who want to be authors themselves.”—Michael, age 9

Praise for the Kid Legends series:
“Just like history class, only hilarious.”—Tim Federle, author of Better Nate Than Ever, on Kid Presidents

“Outstanding... Inspiring and entertaining.”—Booklist, starred review, on Kid Athletes

“With cartoonish illustrations that will attract fans of Jeff Kinney’s The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Rachel Renée Russell’s The Dork Diaries, this informative offering leaves no presidential childhood rock unturned.”—School Library Journal, on Kid Presidents

“Impressively diverse.”—Booklist, on Kid Artists

“A heartening reminder that 17 unconventional greats—not to mention all the rest—started out as children too.”—Kirkus Reviews, on Kid Artists by David Stabler

“Filled with cute illustrations. . . [and] mini-biographies that are interesting, funny, and, most importantly, relevant to kids today.”—Geek Dad, on Kid Scientists

“A funny and inspiring book for children and adults.”—New York Journal of Books, on Kid Scientists

“I can think of no better way to convey to children that their heroes were once just like them.”—Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star, on Kid Scientists

“Memorably weird childhood moments. . . are likely to stick with readers, as will Horner’s impish cartoons.”—Publishers Weekly, on Kid Artists

About the Author

Author David Stabler and illustrator Doogie Horner have created several books together, including Kid Presidents (Quirk, 2014), Kid Athletes (Quirk, 2015), Kid Artists (Quirk, 2016), and Kid Authors (Quirk, 2017).

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Charles Schulz: The Shy Guy
Long before he created Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang, Charles “Sparky” Schulz was just a quiet kid with a sketchpad who felt uncomfortable sharing his drawings with others. Only by overcoming his shyness could he make the leap from secret doodler to superstar cartoonist.
Charles Schulz’s father, Carl, loved comics. In the 1930s he owned a thriving three-chair barbershop in St. Paul, Minnesota. Every Sunday, Carl would buy four newspapers just so he could follow the adventures of Buck Rogers, Little Orphan Annie, and other cartoon characters who populated the “funny pages.”
Charles, Carl’s only child, came to share his father’s passion for the newspaper comic strips. As a young boy, Charles was called “Sparky,” named after a rickety racehorse in the comic strip “Barney Google.” On weekdays, Sparky helped his dad in the barbershop. On weekends, he would head over to the office of the town newspaper. He’d press his nose against the glass windows and watch the weekly funnies roll off the presses.
Sparky soon learned that he could do more than just read the comics. He could draw them. At the end of a long day spent cutting and sweeping hair, Sparky and his father rode home together on the streetcar. On cold winter evenings—and Minnesota had many of those— Sparky would sketch scenes from their day, using his finger to draw in the steam-fogged window.
Sensing that their son had a knack for illustration, Sparky’s parents gave him a small chalkboard to carry around. Sparky spent hours drawing pictures onto its dark surface. When he grew older, he moved on to sketchpads. He always kept a sharpened pencil in his pocket, in case the urge to doodle should strike. On more than one occasion, the pencil point poked a hole in his trousers.
At first, Sparky kept his drawings private. He was shy and didn’t like to call attention to himself. At family gatherings, he sat alone with his face buried in his sketchpad. He rarely joined in conversations with his relatives, but sometimes an aunt or uncle would ask
what he was drawing. “Let him alone!” Sparky’s mother would admonish them.
One time, Sparky’s parents took him to visit his Aunt Clara in the Wisconsin countryside. Clara’s son Reuben also liked to draw. In fact, Reuben impressed the adults with his drawing of a man sitting on a log. Sparky took one look at his cousin’s sketch and thought, “I could do better than that!”
When Sparky was in kindergarten, his teacher handed out crayons and asked the class to draw something they had seen. Inspired by the harsh Minnesota winter, Sparky drew a man shoveling snow. Then he added his own flourish: a leafy palm, a tree he had learned about from his Uncle Monroe, who lived in California. A less open-minded teacher might have criticized Sparky for letting his imagination run wild. Instead she praised his originality, saying, “Charles,
you’re going to be an artist someday!” After receiving such praise and encouragement, Sparky was a little less reluctant to share his art with other people.
Then one day, Sparky’s friend Raymond showed off the cover of his looseleaf binder. On it he had drawn a man riding a bucking bronco. Sparky had never thought to display his drawings like that. Soon his own binder was festooned with sketches of cartoon characters
like Mickey Mouse and Popeye. When his classmates noticed, they asked him to decorate their notebooks as well. Sparky was elated.
A newly confident Sparky began to excel at school. His grades soared, and he was allowed to skip the fourth grade. That seemed like a good idea at first, but it wound up being a terrible setback on the road to overcoming his shyness.
That’s because Sparky was now the smallest kid in his class. He longed to be selected for the school Safety Patrol, but was turned down because he was too short. Not only that, but the older kids weren’t as impressed by his artwork as his younger classmates had been. When he was singled out for an award in penmanship, he could hear the other students snickering behind his back as he got up from his desk to receive his pin and certificate.
Once again, Sparky retreated into his bashful shell. He rarely spoke in class and tried to hide his drawing ability. His grades began to suffer, and he was forced to repeat the eighth grade.
In junior high, Sparky even lost confidence in the one thing he knew he was good at. When assigned to write about William Shakespeare for English class, he came up with the idea to illustrate the paper with his own drawings. But then he decided against it. To his dismay, another boy followed through on a similar project and received high praise.
But inspiration was not far away. It took the form of a mischievous black-and-white beagle who convinced Sparky to believe in himself again. No, not Snoopy, although Sparky would one day base his famous creation on his childhood pet. This dog was called Spike. And he was known to eat anything he could get his paws on.
Spike once scarfed down an entire rubber ball. Another time, he jumped onto Carl Schulz’s dresser and gobbled up a wad of money from the barbershop. The pooch appeared to be indestructible—no matter what Spike ate, it just seemed to pass right through without causing him any problems.
One winter night, when Sparky was fourteen, he decided to use Spike’s misbehavior as the inspiration for a cartoon. He drew a picture of the gluttonous beagle sitting up and added the caption: “A hunting dog that eats pins, tacks, and razor blades is owned by C. F. Schulz, St. Paul, Minn.” He signed his cartoon “Drawn by ‘Sparky.’” Then he did something unusual for such a shy boy. Instead of hiding the drawing in his sketchbook, he sent it to the editors of the “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” comic strip. To Sparky’s surprise, they agreed to publish it. On February 22, 1937, Sparky’s drawing appeared in more than 300 newspapers worldwide.
Sparky was immensely proud of his achievement. Although he remained shy and suffered many setbacks as an artist—including when his high school yearbook committee rejected his drawings—he never again lost faith in his artistic abilities. And eventually others saw his skill, too. As a young man, he applied for a place in a correspondence course at the Federal School of Applied Cartooning in Minneapolis. His work was so good that the school offered him a position as an instructor.
The job was perfect for Sparky. The quiet introvert who had disliked showing his art to others was now encouraging students to share their illustrations with him. Even better, Sparky had more time to work on his cartoons, including one about a group of kids and a pet dog. His creation—“Peanuts”—became the world’s most popular comic strip. Its main character, Charlie Brown, was just like Sparky: a boy filled with self-doubt who takes inspiration from his brash, mischievous beagle.
Charlie Brown may never have received the recognition he deserved, but Charles Schulz certainly did. He was rewarded with the admiration of millions of comics fans worldwide.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1594748969
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quirk Books; Illustrated edition (August 9, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781594748967
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1594748967
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 - 10 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1010L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.73 x 0.75 x 8.26 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #55,311 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #18 in Children's Art History
- #25 in Children's Art Biographies (Books)
- #614 in Children's Self-Esteem Books

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Doogie Horner is an author, illustrator, and comedian. His books include Some Very Interesting Cats Perhaps You Weren't Aware of (Workman, 2015), Everything Explained Through Flowcharts (Harper Collins 2010), and 100 Ghosts (Quirk Books, 2013), among others. He is the illustrator of the Kid Legends series (Quirk Books, 2014-2017).
Doogie was a semi-finalist on America's Got Talent where he famously won over a hostile NYC audience. His comedy album, A Delicate Man, was an AV Club staff pick. He is a frequent guest on Doug Loves Movies and has been featured on Dave Chapelle’s Oddball Comedy Tour. His live show The Ministry of Secret Jokes won a Best of Philly award from Philadelphia Magazine.
His humor writing has also appeared in McSweeney's, Wired, Playboy, Fast Company, the London Times, Boing Boing, and other publications.
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Paula K

Seven year old artist loves this book

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7 year old very intrigued by artists and their lives, especially as kids. This book is interesting even for adults. The cartoonish illustrations are very fun. We learned alot together. Highly recommend to children who love art and want to learn more about artists than the usual information.

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Great stories!

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2023

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My 6 year old loves this series!

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Amethystastrohouse

Great book for teaching art to kids

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2016

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I love that this book had a variety of artists since I usually purchase a separate book for each artist we study. It also has a few artists like Jean Michel Basquiat for which I was unable to find a kids book for. I will be able to use this for multiple lessons.

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Miss M

Well-researched and well-written

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2016

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This book is well-written and a lot of fun. It had a lot of stories about the artists' childhoods that I'd never heard before, and the illustrations are cute, too. I'm going to get the one on the presidents next.

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Good reading for young capitalists who like art

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2017

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It was good and funny 😃😃😃 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎😎 😎 😎

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017

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This is my daughter's favorite book. These short stories offer insight to famous artists. It's incredibly diverse and focuses on all different, impactful types of art. The illustrations are funny. It's good for all ages, as my 3, 5, and 7 year olds all like hearing the stories.

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Joey S.

This entire series is fantastic

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2018

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My 11yr old daughter has read this as well as kid authors and kid athletes. She loves them! They are funny, engaging and inspiring. We have also given this book as gifts. Great for any gender child.

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Great Resource

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2017

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This is a great book. My son and I are currently learning about famous artists. He is 10 and we took this book out from the library and loved it so much that I purchased it and I am using it as a curriculum guide for our art study

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