The Impressionists (First Discovery: Art) by Jean-Philippe Chabot Ages 5+ 32 pages Moonlight Publishing June 2012 Spiral bound     The transparent pages of this book reveal some of the ways this group of French painters saw the world around them. The authors touch upon the works of artists such as Degas, Renoir, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley , Seurat, Luce, Cezanne, and van Gogh. The Impressionists captured nature, the different seasons, city and village life, and the everyday lives of the people they encountered around them. Whether a painting focuses on a group of young dancers (Edgar Degas’s “The Dancing Class”), a field of flowers (Claude Monet’s “A”) or two men sitting at a table playing cards (Paul Cezanne’s “The Card Players”), these works of art depict everyday activities or scenes most people are familiar with. There’s not a lot of text here, but as an introduction to Impressionistic art, this book with its representative paintings gives the young reader a basic idea of what these artists were trying to accomplish. With its spiral binding, each page lies perfectly flat, making it easy to study and gaze at each work of art without damaging the book’s spine.     web reviews   Bob Walch/2013 for curled up with a good kid's book   For grown-up fiction, nonfiction and speculative fiction book reviews, visit our sister site Curled Up With a Good Book (www.curledup.com)