Format:  Paperback

Published:  Children?s Press, 2001

From Mike Venezia:  Female photographer Dorthea Lange was born in 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey. She lived during one the unhappiest times in American history ? the Great Depression. Dorthea?s photographs from that period are some of the best-known and most powerful pictures of the twentieth century.

The ?Getting to Know the World?s Greatest Artists? series features numerous reproductions (10-20 in each book), photos of the artist, silly cartoons, and simple text. Venezia?s approach ? highlighting interesting parts of the artists? lives and work while keeping the subject matter simple and appropriate for young children ? makes these excellent read-alouds. Older children will enjoy reading the early chapter book-level text themselves.