Art Intros: Meet Surrealism
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Art Intros: Meet Surrealism
Be introduced to all things Surrealism in this engaging and fun book exploring one of the most iconic art movements
Learn all about the movement that showed people how to set their imagination free. Discover how surrealists turned dreams into works of art, enter the Bureau of Surrealist Research and find out how fish bones, lobster telephones, and a cauliflower-filled Rolls Royce are all linked in this introduction to Surrealism.
Journey from 1920s Paris to the end of the movement and its long-standing impact on popular culture, meeting key figures such as Leonora Carrington, Meret Oppenheim, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, and many more along the way.
Art Intros introduces young readers to each major art movement with an exciting combination of illustrations and reproductions of artworks alongside fun facts and stories. This is the perfect collection of books for creative children, budding artists, and all curious young minds to start exploring the world of art.
Series: Art Intros
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781445183541
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 13 August 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Franklin Watts Ltd
Edition: Illustrated edition
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Marcella Tamayo
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 193.0mm
Height: 256.0mm
Weight: 41g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Susie Brooks is an award-winning writer and editor of children's books. Writing on a wide range of subjects from dinosaurs to geography, she also masquerades as an artist (among other things, painting children's portraits and getting messy in classroom workshops!). In 2014, her Get into Art series won the English Association Picture Book Award, British Book Design and Production Award and the overall SLA Information Book Award. She can regularly be found walking people's dogs and in her spare time, loves to travel and explore new places!
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