Once Upon a Picture - Hardcover

Set up the easels and hand out the art smocks! Once Upon a Pictureis something special, making it the ideal gift for the creatively inclined child. It should occupy a place in the classroom.' Luisa Childs, Australian Bookseller & Publishershe sweeps the story along in a wonderful, energetic, mostly surreal drama.' a delightful introduction to fine art for younger children, an inviting challenge to give free rein to the imagination.' Magpiesvol 19 no 2 May 2004.'Every page is awash in colour and invites storytelling.' Omaha World-Herald23 Oct 2005

Sally Swain has been a practising artist for many years. She has an honours arts degree, majoring in psychology, is a trained high school art teacher and is an accredited life coach. Since 1993, she has been running art and soul' courses; she has also been doing individual creativity coaching since 1998. She has co-created and performed in seven seasons of storytelling at the Gallery of NSW...Her three previously published books are the bestselling Great Housewives of Art (1988/89), Great Housewives of Art Revisited, both published by Grafton UK, Viking Penguin US and Doubleday Canada; and Oh My Goddess published by Penguin USA and Bantam Australia. The Great Housewives books gave rise to calendars, dairies, T-shirts, cards, exhibitions, commissions and limited edition reproductions.