• Soft duck-egg or powder blue-green background; Vincent van Gogh in large flowing black handwritten script with a rough organic letterform style; young Vincent with a full head of curly warm auburn or copper-red hair, rosy freckled cheeks, wide grey-green eyes and a gentle slight smile; wide-brimmed golden-yellow woven straw hat with a loosely folded brim; cornflower blue long-sleeved button-up shirt with a small round collar; cradling a large vivid yellow sunflower with a dark brown centre and fresh green s
  • Vast expansive field of vivid golden-yellow sunflowers with dark brown centres filling the entire lower three-quarters of the spread in all directions; pale blue sky with soft blended white clouds above; in the far left background, a woman in a blue dress and two small children walk a dirt path through the field, with a small Dutch farmhouse with a red-tiled roof on the horizon; in the right foreground, two boys peering above the sunflowers — older Vincent with curly auburn hair, warm green eyes and a wide
  • Multi-figure illustration on a pale lavender-white background; upper left: a man in a blue coat and wide hat holding a large seascape for two unimpressed Victorian customers — a woman in a pink ruffled dress and a dark-skinned man in a teal-green suit; lower left: young Vincent in blue and a wide hat standing before an easel with a dark landscape while a blond man touches his chin uncertainly; right: a flamboyant art buyer in a bold golden-yellow pinstripe suit gesturing at a stormy seascape on an easel; yo
  • Warm peach or apricot-pink Parisian studio interior; large dark-framed window on the left revealing the Eiffel Tower silhouette and pale blue sky; rush-seated wooden chair beneath the window; multiple framed Van Gogh-style self-portrait paintings in blues, reds and greens lining the upper back wall; adult Vincent in the lower right foreground with a neatly trimmed auburn beard, blue eyes and curly hair, wearing a denim-blue smock, holding a long paintbrush with yellow paint and a small oval wooden palette;
  • Richly detailed watercolour recreation of Van Gogh's iconic painting The Bedroom in Arles; vivid flat cobalt and Prussian blue walls; warm honey-golden pine floorboards rendered in pale brushstroke-style lines; large golden-pine double bed with a deep burgundy coverlet and two white pillows dominating the right side; two rush-seated ladder-back chairs — one beside the bed with a red-spined book and grey hat, one near the far wall; window with folded-back green shutters on the left looking out to dark cypres
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LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS: VINCENT VAN GOGH (HB)

LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS: VINCENT VAN GOGH (HB)

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Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series — beautifully illustrated biographical picture books that introduce young children to the lives of remarkable people who changed the world. This volume tells the story of Vincent van Gogh, the thoughtful, nature-loving boy from the Netherlands who became one of the most beloved painters in history.

Little Vincent was a thoughtful and quiet boy who lived in the Netherlands with his parents and siblings. Vincent was four years older than his brother Theo, but the two shared a very special bond. After leaving school, Vincent tried many different paths — including working as an art dealer, a job his uncle secured for him. At first everything went well, but it became clear that selling art was not the same as loving it. It was Theo who noticed the beautiful drawings Vincent included in his letters, and who suggested that he try being an artist. From then on, Vincent never looked back. He moved to Paris with Theo and discovered bright, vibrant colour — and because he had very little money and couldn’t afford to hire models, he simply painted himself, producing some of the most recognisable self-portraits in art history. After two years in the city, Vincent longed for peace and moved to the French countryside, where he developed his iconic style of thick, swirling, expressive brushstrokes and painted the sunflowers, wheat fields and starry skies that the whole world now knows by heart. Though he struggled deeply during his lifetime, his paintings have since become among the most celebrated ever created, and today he is recognised as one of the greatest artists who ever lived.

Told in simple, engaging language with gloriously luminous watercolour illustrations by Alette Straathof, this is a warm and visually captivating introduction to Van Gogh’s life and art. A facts and photos section at the back — including a biographical timeline — brings his story into the real world.

  • Part of the Little People, BIG DREAMS series
  • Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
  • Illustrated by Alette Straathof
  • Publisher: Aurum Press / Quarto
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • Dimensions: 240 x 195mm
  • Publication date: 5 September 2024
  • For readers aged 4 and up
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