The Iridescence of Birds

A wonderful book for kids and … mothers too! Happy International Women Day!

My Mother Loved Everything I Did

I got my sense of color from my mother

– Henry Matisse
The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse

By Patricia MacLachlan
Illustrated by Hadley Hooper

If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in a dreary town in northern France, what would your life be like? Would it be full of color and art? Full of lines and dancing figures?

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