Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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The Noisy Paint Box
by Barb Rosenstock
Illustrator: Mary Grandpré
Ages: 6+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Random House
ISBN: 978-0-307-98748-6
Keywords: abstract art, biography, synesthesia
Can someone see colors as sounds and sounds as colors? Kandinsky did, and he became a famous painter of abstract art, inspired by the music he heard. Colorful, expressive illustrations.