If you’re trying to introduce art to your toddlers, check out some of our favorite art books for toddlers and young children!
Updated April 2024
Reading is a great way to build artistic literacy.
And it’s not as hard as you might think! Simply talk about the illustrations with your kiddos. Ask questions and make observations together.
We’ve pulled together a great collection of titles for the young creatives in your family. From masterpieces to early learning concept books, you’re sure to find something to enchant the budding artists and art lovers in your life.
Art Books for Toddlers
- I Am An Artist by Marta Altés
- Mini Masters by Suzanne Bober and Julie Merberg
- Mini French Masters by Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober
- My First 100 Art Words by Chris Ferrie, illustrated by Lindsay Dale-Scott
- Frida Kahlo (Little People, BIG DREAMS) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Gee Fan Eng
- Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
- My First Shapes with Frank Lloyd Wright by Frank Lloyd Wright, designed by Mudpuppy
- The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle
- Love (Peek-a-Boo Art) by Amy Guglielmo, illustrated by Julie Appel
- They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
- Artists: My First Artists (Little People, BIG DREAMS) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
- Goodnight, Starry Night (Peek-a-Boo Art) by Amy Guglielmo, illustrated by Julie Appel
- This Little Artist: An Art History Primer by Joan Holub, illustrated by Daniel Roode
- Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg
- Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
- Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
- Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet
- Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
- Spots and Dots (Art-Baby) by Chez Picthall
- ABCs of Art (Sabrina Hahn’s Art & Concepts for Kids) by Sabrina Hahn
- A Line Can Be by Laura Ljungkvist
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