Thank you Netgalley for the advanced copy in exchange of honest opinion!❤️

Despite having same eyes, Mo and Jo see different things when looking at the eame view. It frustrates Jo heavily as he wants to see the world in the wonderful, creative way that Mo does. But we all are shaped by our own experiences that influence our thinking and imagination and that's perfectly alright! The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous. I love the message it conveys though It might seem a bit confusing at the beginning due to wording. Recommended!

4.5★
“ ‘I see a dazzling duck-egg blue, a swirl of peacocks and the inky, indigo of evening. Can you see those colors in the sea, Jo?’

‘No. . .’ said Jo. ‘I can’t.’”

The caption for picture 1 in my Goodreads review is:
The blues Mo describes

Mo is a grown-up with long white hair, brightly-coloured clothing and a beret. Jo is a child with short dark hair and fairly plain clothing. They are enjoying a walk, admiring nature, but they seem to notice things differently.

Jo spies some green.

The caption for picture 2 in my Goodreads review is:
“ ‘But look, Mo . . . that forest is green.’ ”

I think you’ll agree it is green. But it is more than just green to Mo. Mo sees “ ‘a shiny apple-green; the lime of gooseberries and the springy zinginess of moss. See how the shadows make the greens darker?’ ”

No. Jo can’t see that. Jo doesn’t identify the subtle shades and hues and despairs of ever having artist’s eyes. Jo’s eyes close, seeing black, and Mo says to take time and wait before looking around again and then describe things.

The caption for picture 3 in my Goodreads review is:
“ ‘When you’re ready, look around and tell me what you see. Whatever comes into your head.’ ”

Well, that changes Jo’s focus! Suddenly, Jo begins pointing out shapes in the forest.

The caption for picture 4 in my Goodreads review is:
“ ‘pointy patterns in the green.’ ”

As they move on, Jo exclaims that the leaves are bright red. Mo, of course, begins to describe the various tones of red and yellow which Jo, “with all of his sight”, tries desperately hard to see. Where Mo sees plums and birds, Jo sees ovals and feathery fans.

The caption for picture 5 in my Goodreads review is:
“Jo gasped at the footprints of tiny, colorful dinosaurs! Now he was really seeing.”

Who knew leaves could look like dinosaur footprints?! They continue their walk, with Mo commenting on the colours and Jo delighting in all the sparkles and shapes. Then it’s time to go home for the night.

The caption for picture 6 in my Goodreads review is:
“two pairs of artists’ eyes, ready for unique dreams.”

This is a bright, attractive picture book, which, as well as being beautifully illustrated, offers plenty of scope for readers to discuss descriptive language. What else can you think of that is that colour? Is it light or dark? Is it more than one colour? Does it look the same in the shadow? Do you see circles, triangles, squares, curls?

We aren’t told the relationship between the characters, and Mo and Jo are referred to only by name so often, that I thought their genders were not going to be unidentified. Having thought that (because there are new books that do this now), I think this could have been an opportunity to let everyone decide for themselves who these people are. I like simple books with lots of possibilities, but this is such an appealing one, I’m happy to let that one go. 😊

Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto’s Frances Lincoln Children’s Books for the digital copy for review.

An interesting point of view of artist and one that is not. But in my opinion, everyone have their own ability, regardless the blood relation. The sister can be good in art, but the brother is good in math, for example. In this book, the artist encourage her brother to be creative, luckily he can manage to finally have his own imaginations. When you can only enjoy art, not creating one, is also OK.

Beautifully artistic book,

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me access an advance copy of this book in exchange for my feedback.

This is a sweet, beautifully illustrated book about a little boy called Jo who wants to see things the way Mo the artist can see them. They both see things in different ways, but this does not matter, as everything that they can both see or imagine is relevant.

I loved the illustrations in this book, and the story has a lovely message for children, which is to trust what you can see and feel, and to believe in yourself and your abilities.

This is a lovely little book, which I highly recommend.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book.

I wrote this review for my blog and Instagram: Miloureadsbooks
All artists are different. It could be in their medium, their style or the things they notice. Even here on bookstagram, our posts all look unique and adds to the beauty of it all. However, when you are younger or less experienced, it might feel like you are doing it wrong. This picture book is here to give children confidence in their ability to be artists.
In this story, Mo and Jo both have friendly, oval-shaped and smiley eyes. However, Mo recognizes all the various colours and can name the each individual one. For example, in the sea she sees dazzling guck-egg blue, a swirl of peacocks, and the inky indigo of evening. Jo gets increasingly frustrated that he cannot see those tones. With Mo’s encouragement, he starts focusing on what he does see. He spots amazing patterns and even some dinosaurs! At the end of the hike, they return home, both ready for unique dreams.
The illustrations in this picture book are just so enchanting. It makes me want to go out in nature and describe everything I see. The patterns and imagination used, makes it truly magical.
An excellent book to inspire children, start an art lesson about shapes or colours or just to have a relaxing bedtime story.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* great kids books with some awesome artwork and good message for kids!

Jo is a little boy off for a walk with Mo, who is an artist. And while Mo sees things a certain way, Jo doesn't see them the same way. This upsets him, because he too wants to see like an artist. In the end though, they realize that art isn't one size fits all, and they can see things differently, and both see things like artists.

As one would hope in a book about art, this is gorgeously illustrated. In fact, there were multiple pages that I would want to take out and hang on my walls, they were so pretty! As an artist myself, I didn't like how the beginning of the book started off with the idea that there's only one way to see/do art, because every artist is so different! But the book does eventually get there, so I guess it's okay. A beautiful book for any budding artists, although I would probably say this one is for slightly older kiddos. I feel that the concepts are better for early elementary age instead of preschool age kids. 4.25 stars from me!

I was provided an ARC copy of this book through Netgalley. My thanks to the publisher and the author for providing it to me.

A cute book about how we all see things and how it is okay to see things differently - life would be so boring if we all saw things the same. Gorgeously illustrated, this will be a lovely bedtime book for littles and their grown-ups to read and settle down with as they talk about colors and things we see each day and how they see them differently from their grownups.

Thank you to NetGalley, Frances Tosdevin, Clemence Monnet - Illustrator and Quatro Publishing Group/Frances Lincoln Children's Books for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Mo looks around her world, so much natural beauty, and she sees color in beautiful and wild display. Jo sees the exact same scenery and yet does not, cannot see in the same way that Mo sees those trees and flowers and hills. With some gentle encouragement along with her teaching words, Mo helps Jo to begin looking with added confidence at the natural beauty all around. He begins to realize that he is ‘seeing’ through his own eyes and not Mo’s. Mo teaches Jo to trust in his own eyes to see the beauty all around him, and not needing to be like anyone else.

We are each students in and through these lessons. We can be budding artists as well. Children need to be given freedom to be creative. And, do you know that this freedom needs to be given to and taken by all of us, no matter how old or young we are.

Age: 3 – 7

Author
Frances Tosdevin loves words and the way they dance upon a page as they interact with each reader. She studied at Cambridge University, then worked as a journalist in the Middle East before becoming a children’s author. Frances can be found @ https://francestosdevin.com

Illustrator
Clémence Monnet’s uses watercolors, Indian ink, and colored pencils to create her illustrations. The vivid colors on each page, on each double page, draw the reader in and well beyond. Clémence is a graduate of the Orléans School of Art and Design in France. She now lives and works just outside of Paris. She is an illustrator for the publishing world and the press, but also continues to develop her personal portfolio. She can be found @ https://artazart.com/en/artiste/clemence-monnet/

The illustrations in this book are the main star. The text is just ok, my kids found it distracting that a lot of the words were in bold print in the text, I think it was done that way to bring attention to the different words used for colors, but it was distracting. The overall message was that every artist has a different eye, a different way of looking at the world and I think the illustrations captured that perfectly, and while the book was interesting to read, it didn't have a lot of read over and over again quality to it.

This was a beautiful story about how each of us sees the world differently. Mo and Jo are hiking and Jo is frustrated he doesn’t see nature and colors the same way Mo does. Mo has an artist’s eye and Jo yearns to see things the same way. But he soon realizes that he does see the world with an artist’s eye. His eye is just different. And that’s ok.

I read this with my 4-year-old twins and we were all mesmerized by the bright colorful illustrations. This is a visually stunning book. One of my twins does “abstract” drawings, while the other is very literal. So they understood that art is different for different people.

This is a wonderful story that can teach children to appreciate other perspectives. Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I read this short book in about 30 minutes cover to cover. The text was excellently written and extremely concise and descriptive and gave different perspectives on the objects that could be seen by a mum and her son when viewing the same things around them. The illustrations were marvellous and I can see that this book will appeal to parents and children when read as a bedtime story, or taken outdoors and used to trigger conversations and get children to give their imaginative opinions or paint / sketch scenes.
I would definitely reccomend people to purchase it!
Thank you to the publisher for letting me have an opportunity to look at it prior to publication.

An Artist's Eyes is filled with a beautiful story filled with beautiful illustrations that will fill your heart with the appreciation of what we are able to see and how we can see the same things but interpret them differently, and that's alright. Frances Tosdevin wrote a meaningful children's book to help children navigate art and teach them to appreciate what they see.

This is a beautiful book that lost of children will enjoy. Is about any person can look at different things and have different perspectives of colours and everything around you. You feel drawn to the brightness of the book straight away. The illustrations are beautiful and vibrant.
Thank you NetGalley for letting me read this book.

A must have for my classroom library and personal library. The descriptive ways in which Mo sees compared to Jo shows readers that seeing things in different ways is okay. So many great lessons can be taught with this book from relationship to art to perspective to descriptive language and more. The encouragement from Mo to Jo is inspiring.

A gloriously beautiful & inspiring book about individuality & creativity. There are many ways to see like an artist - all you need to do is trust your Artist's Eye.

This is a book you could gaze at for hours & revisit again&again. Utter joy!

The artwork! The vibrant colours! The power of imagination! A great read about how everyone views things differently... and that's the beauty of life!

A big thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing/Frances Lincoln Childrens Books for the ARC.

A great, bright, colourful, simple book.
A book about how we all view and interpret the world around us differently. It will give even the most critical creative mind confidence to express themselves in their own unique way.

Great informative book with great use of adjectives like Mellow Yellow.

This would be a great book to read children not only to show them not just their artwork but anything they do, doesn't need to be a perfect replica of societies standards to be something amazing and beautiful.

The illustrations are absolutely beautiful reflecting hues and tones in such a sumptuous way in each stunning picture! The blends and just over watercolour feel is simply mesmerising.

An inspirational read about how we each view and interpret the world around us in different ways. A great book for any artist, young and old. I found this book to be sweet and affirming as we follow Jo discovering the unique and wonderful way they view nature, despite it being different from what they know Mo sees. The images perfectly mirror the two different characters’ perspectives and illustrates the meaning and message harmoniously with the text.