Looking for a Book to Read?
September 24, 2010What have you been reading lately?
A colleague just sent me an email including books he has been reading lately and I thought I’d pass the information on to you.
He read The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece and said it was excellent. You can access the NYT review by clicking here. He has been on this art thread recently and just started The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren. It is very detailed history and quite the biography. He also read The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Theft. He also read The Art Thief which is fiction.
How about you? Have you read any good books lately that you would recommend?
me arts ed 
To this list I would add My Name is Asher Lev and The Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok and for Middle School children I would suggest Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3 and the Calder Game all by Blue Balliett.
Molly Carlson
Thank you Molly for adding your suggestions to the list!
I am teaching reading this year along with my art classes. We are reading Blue Baillett series mentioned by Molly Carlson. They are great books with lots of art history. There are web sites also dedicated to the books, the Wright 3 has a great interactive site with a virtual tour. My students are enjoying the mystery while learning about art history.