In the Garden with Van Gogh by Julie Merberg

In the Garden with Van Gogh Reviews

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  Feralucce Savage

  This book is beautifully illustrated with reproductions of some of Van Gogh's most iconic pieces. The narrative poem that goes along with it is somewhat clunky and awkward, with forced rhymes and uneven meter. Overall, it makes a nice introduction to his work.
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  Elliot's Mama

  We love these art board books by Julie Marberg and Suzanne Bober. Our favorites are the Degas and Monet, but we enjoyed this one as well, especially since Elliot recognizes several of the paintings from another favorite book about Van Gogh’s art: Katie and the Starry Night.
  
  *library book
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  Kelly

  I love that they make these types of board books...as in subject matter. This one is done very well.
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  Sara A.

  I adore Van Gogh and I think this board book was wonderfully put together. I enjoyed that it rhymed and loved seeing Van Goghs paintings.
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  Lulu

  Gorgeous pix
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  Jaclyn

  This is one book in a series that introduces children to the great art masters. It shows a few pieces (around 10) from the artist and pairs it with rhyming phrases. These books were fun to read and, obviously, great to look at. They come in board book form and are on the smaller side so they are great for little hands, but even my older children loved looking through them.
  
  One semi-negative comment I have is that some of the phrases that accompany each painting tell the reader too much which doesn't let the reader come up with their own meaning and interpretation of the painting. This doesn't happen with each painting or in every book. Some of the phrases are more ambiguous. I guess the easy remedy for this would be to not read the text to your child and just ask questions and have discussions about each picture.
  
  Overall, this is a great series and I highly recommend them.
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  Shanna Gonzalez

  It's nice to find a board book that introduces higher culture to very young children. This one presents ten of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous paintings (Sunflowers, Irises, Haystacks in Provence, Olive Grove, The Sower, The Reaper (After Millet), First Steps (After Millet), Women Picking Olives, The Siesta, and The Starry Night) along with simple, rhyming text. This could be a great addition to a toddler's library, but the text is very choppy, bringing the ideas in the paintings together very loosely. It's a good "read-alone" for preverbal toddlers, but is annoying for adults to read aloud. It might have been better to simply introduce the paintings by name and leave it at that.
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  Rochelle Sondae

  The images are Van Gogh so they aren't really the best for newborns however I really like the idea of immersing children with as much variety as possible and grounding them with "the classics" so I often recommend this and other titles in the series for baby showers. I also personally abhor the idea that every child must have Goodnight Moon so I'm always looking for alternatives. The value in this series is, of course, the artwork and secondly the catchy rhymes that accompany the masters. Once the child is older there in a list in the back with the name of each piece.
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  Jenni Wilson

  This board book and others in set, is wonderful for reading to toddlers and preschoolers. It has catchy, rhythmic verse, along with pictures of great works of art. I tracked down and bought the whole set. We've all learned to recognize art that we weren't familiar with before. Highly recommended.
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  Elizabeth Mcdonough

  This book has a different Van Gogh painting on each page. Along with a painting is a rhyming text that uses imagery to describe the paintings. This book is great because it uses famous paintings to help develop a knowledge of imagery.The back of the book also gives information on each of the paintings in the book (when it was done, the title, where it is located now- museum).
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  Marie

  This series of board books has lyrical, rhyming text that's not bouncy or goofy, but leads the reader through a series of paintings by a famous artist. Four of the titles are also available as a boxed set--a great present for a first birthday!
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  Yazir Paredes

  Nice little book about Van Gogh complemented with phrases. My 5 year old daughter just loved it. I had shower some paintings of Van Gogh a few months before and when she saw the book she clearly remembered them and was impressed by other paintings in the book. Great to promote creativity.
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  Vincent

  one of my first reads
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  Artlab

  Introduction to Van Gogh's work for young children.
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  Marisa

  there is a whole series of board books with paintings and my 3 year old loves the all. this is the 3rd or 4th time she has gotten the van gogh one from the library.
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  Janelle

  One of my favorites in the series. There is more of a common theme amongst Van Gogg's paintings. The accompanying text touches young colors, counting and identifying flowers.
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  Larissa Langsather

  Average good board book for babies...
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  Hope L. Justice

  This book is really about showcasing the topics of romanticism. It would have been wonderful if the plot hadn't tried so hard to make a tight wrapped neatly nursery poem. It felt really disjointed.
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  Shannon Nicole Wilkinson

  The perfect introduction for my little one, to my favorite artist . . . Van Gogh.