I Want to Be an Artist

I Want to Be an Artist - I Can Read Level 1

Paperback (16 Jan 2025)

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Publisher's Synopsis

For any child who loves making art! This I Can Read story, blending narrative with nonfiction, introduces many different kinds of working artists to the young reader.

Papa takes me to an art show and I get to meet a painter and a sculptor. Then we go to Papa's workspace. He's a hand-lettering artist. He takes me to meet the other artists in the building and I get to see how they work.  Maybe I will be an artist when I grow up!

Over the course of an exciting day with Papa, our young narrator interacts with a potter, a photographer, an animator, a graphic designer, an illustrator, a cartoon artist, and even a muralist! 

Art and artists are everywhere. There are loads of ways to make art-and making art doesn't just have to be a hobby. 

I Want to Be an Artist is a vibrant addition to the I Can Read series that introduces young readers to important community helpers. Includes a glossary.

  • painter
  • sculptor
  • hand-lettering artist
  • potter
  • graphic designer
  • photographer
  • illustrator
  • animator
  • cartoonist
  • botanical illustrator
  • muralist

About the Publisher

HarperCollinsPublishers

HarperCollinsPublishers

With a heritage stretching back nearly 200 years, HarperCollins is one of the world's foremost English-language publishers, offering the best quality content right across the spectrum, from cutting-edge contemporary fiction to digital hymnbooks and pretty much everything in between. In the UK, the Glasgow-based William Collins & Sons was founded in 1819 and published a range of bibles, atlases and dictionaries, later including classic authors HG Wells, Agatha Christie, JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis. The original Harper Brothers Company was established in New York City in 1817 and over the years published the works of Mark Twain, the Bronte Sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. In 1987, Harper & Row, as it had then become, was acquired by News Corporation. The worldwide group was formed following News Corp's 1990 acquisition of William Collins & Sons. Today we publish some of the world's foremost authors, from Nobel prize-winners to worldwide bestsellers recent successes including the Booker-winning Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel, and George RR Martin's blockbusting A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Book information

ISBN: 9780063276505
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub date:
Number of pages: 32
Weight: 454g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm