When Matthew’s class visits the local museum, he finds the answer to that age-old question: “What do you want to be when you grown up?” Having found his muse, the protagonist sees his world through the eyes of an artist from that moment on. Lionni’s delightful mixed media collages envision mouse-centric works of art that mimic icons of fine art. Matthew’s Dream can be used to introduce students to the beauty of portraits, landscapes, still lifes,
impressionism, and
cubism as well as the works of
Pablo Picasso,
Claude Monet, and
Joan Miró. At the secondary level, Lionni’s simple tale serves as an entrée to art-inspired historical fiction.
- Matthew’s Dream by Leo Lionni; illus. by the author
- Primary
- Alfred A. Knopf
- 32 pp.
- Published 1991
- ISBN 0-7857-6652-9
- $17.20
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