Renoir and the Boy with the Long Hair
(back cover)Young Jean believes he's now old enough to have his hair cut short, like most other little boys he knows. But his father disagrees. His father is the renowned artist Pierre Auguste Renoir, and Renoir wants to paint pictures that show his son's beautiful hair. How can Jean convince his father to change his mind? This beautifully illustrated, gently amusing story for children includes several reproductions of Renoir's famous paintings.Renoir and the Boy with the Long Hairis one more title in Barron's fine series of books for children about world famous artists and the young people who knew them.Children's stories about artists from Barron'sDegas and the Little Dancer by Laurence AnholtLeonardo and the Flying Boy by Laurence AnholtMatisse the King of Color by Laurence AnholtThe Magical Garden of Claude Monet by Laurence AnholtPicasso and the Girl with a Ponytail by Laurence AnholtRenoir and the Boy with the Long Hair by Wendy WaxRockwell: A Boy and His Dog by Loren Spiotta diMareSuzette and the Puppy: A Story About Mary Cassatt by Joan Sweeneyvan Gogh and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt(front flap)Jean, this story's long-haired little boy, happens to have a very famous father--the artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. But Jean also has a problem. Despite his many protests, his father thinks Jean's hair is too beautiful to be cut short. The artist loves to pose his son as a model for many of his paintings, and Jean's long hair is an important part of those fine pictures. Meanwhile, other kids of Jean's age often tease him because of his hair, and that makes him quite angry. Even worse, well-meaning adults are sometimes attracted by his beautiful long hair and mistake him for a pretty girl. That annoys and embarrasses him. Jean simply has to convince his father that the time has come for him to wear his hair short like the other boys.(back flap)ABOUT THE AUTHORWendy Wax,a children's book editor for several years, now writes and illustrates her own books. Wendy is married to a commercial photographer and is mother of their young son, Jonah. She lives and works in New York City and Remsenburg, NY.ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATORNancy Lanehas illustrated children's books for 20 years. Her art training, at the Maryland Institute, College of Art, included a semester studying in Rome and seeing Europe's great collections. She lives in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York with her husband and children.