{"product_id":"but-art-is-awful-a-picture-book","title":"But Art Is Awful!: A Picture Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt can be a lot of things―wondrous, inspiring, transformative . . . but mostly it’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eboring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd visiting an art museum? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDouble boring!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Come along with a curmudgeonly young boy―who’s more interested in finger painting his cat than “admiring art”―as he’s taken to the local museum by his well-meaning mother.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeriously, what’s so great about scribbles and squares and dots? OK, sure, that portrait made of cubes is kind of cool. And those sculptures made of clay are pretty awesome . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGasp!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaybe he does like art after all?! Well, would that be so awful?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWitty and informative (but never boring!), author Cassi McCreight and Xindi Yan, illustrator of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-bestselling Busy Betty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eseries, have paired up to create a laugh-out-loud romp all about art appreciation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith nods to famous artists and art movements on every page, and back matter explaining each movement through a kid-friendly voice, young readers will soon find themselves eager to visit their local art museum or make masterpieces of their own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover | 40 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReading Age | 4-8 years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45766957989997,"sku":"045797","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0917\/3794\/files\/71kd8EZ7s5L._SL1400.jpg?v=1788388822","url":"https:\/\/phoenix-art-museum-store.myshopify.com\/products\/but-art-is-awful-a-picture-book","provider":"Phoenix Art Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}