Laurence Anholt

The twins Meret and Bella love their grandfather, Papa Chagall, and he loves telling them stories. One day, when they visit him in his studio, he tells them about his life - through four different stories, all told during a day they spend together.The first story is about Chagall' s childhood, and how his paintings of purple cows and flying...

It's been thirty years since Laurence Anholt began his beloved series about great artists and the real children who knew them. Since then, these classic tales of Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, and many other geniuses of Western art have provided a springboard into a lifetime's love of art, selling millions of copies around the...

‘Quirky, compelling and thoroughly enjoyable’ Kate Ellis ‘A super start to the series’ Frances Brody ‘An entertaining murder mystery . . . witty’ L C Tyler Buddhism, love, art and murder - welcome to the world of the Mindful Detective. When a famously narcissistic performance artist is found floating in a tank of formaldehyde at her own private view, suspicion...

Each book tells the story of real meetings between a world-famous artist and a child who inspired him in his work, with reproductions of some of the artist's most famous works. This book describes the close relationship between Matisse and Monique, a young girl who wants to become a nun. Matisse develops a sketch drawn by Monique into a set...

Julie's dog leads her into a mysterious garden where she meets the artist Claude Monet. Part of the highly successful Anholt's Artists series about great painters, it tells the stories of real meetings between world-famous artists and the children who knew them. When Julie's dog disappears into a mysterious garden, Julie follows him and finds herself in a beautiful garden-within-a-garden...