Vincent Van Gogh's Cat!

I purchased this book my first year of teaching, and stumbled across it again this year while searching for a different book.  It instantly sparked my interest and I thought, "how did I forget about this book?!".  The story Vincent Van Gogh's Cat is unique because it is written and illustrated by a class of second grade students in Indiana.  The pictures are colorful, creative, and bold which naturally draws students attention. It's also great because it incorporates some reproductions of other famous pieces of art.  We read the book as a class, travelling with Van Gogh's cat through fields of sunflowers(Van Gogh), through a friends pond of water lillies(Monet), we met three musicians(Picasso), and ended up in a starry night(Van Gogh).  At the end of the story, students were asked, "If you could take Vincent Van Gogh's cat somewhere, where would you take it?".  Below are just four of the awesome pieces made with water color crayons by Pre-K students.  Hopefully I will have more to post 

                                              from the Pre-School, Pre-K, adn Kindergarten students later on!  Enjoy!!

"I took Vincent Van Gogh's Cat to a forest, in a boat, on a ocean!" -Hailey

"I take him to the mountains, and I have flowers, and he's up there and you can see the sun, and I'm blue in the corner!"-Felicity

 

 

"This cat is up in the sky at the desert, you see my sand and cactus plant things?  They're sharp don't touch them!"-Lucas

"I took Van Gogh's cat to the desert but it's purples and reds because of the sun."-Anna