Since the 1990s, Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan have been researching and writing books about art and artists for young readers - filling the "hole in the bookshelf." They have published books about painters, potters, installation artists, architects, sculptors, dancers and musicians. Watch the interview to learn more about them and read about their lives. Includes an interview transcript and a selected list of their books.

Concepts

children's literature

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Additional Tags

artist biography, jan greenberg, reading rockets, sandra jordan, books about artists, elementary authors g - i, elementary authors j - l

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional