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March 17, 2008
Wendy Wax, '85
Renoir and the Boy with Long Hair, Barrons Educational Series, 2007.
The book: Jean, a handsome, long-haired little boy, has a very famous father—the artist Pierre Auguste Renoir. But he also has a problem. Despite Jean’s many protests, his father thinks Jean's hair is too beautiful to be cut short. This artist uses his son as a model in many of his paintings, and he insists that Jean is still young enough to keep his hair long. How can he convince his dad that he’s old enough to have short hair? This gently amusing story is illustrated in a manner that resembles Renoir’s painting style and includes several illustrations of his paintings.
The author: Wendy Wax, a children’s book editor for several years, now writes and illustrates her own books. She is married to a commercial photographer and is mother of their young son, Jonah. She lives and works in New York City and Remsenburg, New York.
Web site: www.wendywax.com
Posted by lingjiex at March 17, 2008 07:36 PM