{"product_id":"but-art-is-awful-a-picture-book","title":"But Art is Awful: A Picture Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eArt can be a lot of things―wondrous, inspiring, transformative... but mostly it’s boring!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd visiting an art museum? Double boring! Come along with a curmudgeonly young boy―who’s more interested in finger painting his cat than “admiring art”―as he’s taken to the local museum by his well-meaning mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeriously, what’s so great about scribbles and squares and dots? OK, sure, that portrait made of cubes is kind of cool. And those sculptures made of clay are pretty awesome . . . Gasp! Maybe he does like art after all?! Well, would that be so awful?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWitty and informative (but never boring!), author Cassi McCreight and Xindi Yan, illustrator of the New York Times-bestselling Busy Bettyseries, have paired up to create a laugh-out-loud romp all about art appreciation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith nods to famous artists and art movements on every page, and back matter explaining each movement through a kid-friendly voice, young readers will soon find themselves eager to visit their local art museum or make masterpieces of their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 9.4 x 0.65 x 9.45 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 4-8 years\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50983394279591,"sku":"126088","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5804\/files\/f69f371eartis.jpg?v=1784129664","url":"https:\/\/princetonmuseumstore.org\/products\/but-art-is-awful-a-picture-book","provider":"Princeton University Art Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}