Minni's Favorite Books - Collage Based Books 🧩
Our favorite books that use Collage!
This month we are bringing our love of art to the forefront and highlighting books that all have an element of collage, either in how the book is illustrated or how the story is told. Collage is one of our favorite creative processes at Minni, where you create a picture using a composition of various materials (such as paper, photographs, textiles, or objects) to create a completely new and unique piece of art. It is all about going with the flow, there is no right or wrong method and if you spill some paint it just makes it that much more unique!
Interested in reading some of these books that we’ve recommended? Come join our Art Book Club, where we rotate books every week based on a corresponding art project.
The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life by Lois Ehlert
Take a look inside at Louis Ehlert’s colorful picture book career. Lois takes readers and aspiring artists on a delightful behind-the-scenes tour of her books and her book-making process. Part fascinating retrospective, part moving testament to the value of following your dreams, this richly illustrated picture book is sure to inspire children and adults alike to explore their own creativity.
Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
In this one-of-a-kind interactive book, young readers will be shown how every mistake is an opportunity to make something beautiful. A spill. A smear. A smudge. A tear. When you think you have made a mistake, think of it as an opportunity to make something beautiful! Each page is another demonstration of the magical transformation from blunder to wonder. Your creative juices will sure to be flowing after this read!
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
I can do it! is the confidence-building message of this fun-filled interactive picture book. A variety of familiar animals, depicted in colorful collages, invites young children to copy their antics as they wiggle, stomp, thump, and bend across the strikingly designed pages.
The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer
In an astonishing unfurling of our universe, and a celebration of the birth of every child, you’ll be lost in time as this story takes readers from the trillionth of a second when our universe was born to the singularities that became each one of us. With vivid illustrations that capture the void before the Big Bang and the ensuing life that burst across galaxies. This is a beautiful bridge of art and science.
