Harvesting at Windsor
Continuing with our monthly fine arts studies, we are learning about American painter Benjamin West (1738-1820) this November. 
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry (the author of the much beloved Misty of Chincoteague) is a lovely chapter book with delightful illustrations. It was a nice change of pace to have a longer story to soak up and a little glimpse of life in an early American Quaker family. Loved. 
The Boy Who Loved to Draw: Benjamin West by Barbara Brenner falls under my favorite category of books: beautiful biographical picture books. This is one we had to have for our bookshelf! Children will enjoy reading about Benjamin West’s childhood and how he became a painter at a very young age in a Quaker family with no drawings or paintings!