What Are You Looking At?

Band: Extended
Scheme: Collins Big Cat
Type: Non-Fiction
Author: Clare Gittings
ISBN: 9780007230914
What Are You Looking At? book cover

What's the book about?

This book invites you to explore famous portraits and discover the hidden clues they contain about each person’s life, feelings, and personality. You’ll learn how to “read” details like clothes, objects, colours, and backgrounds to find out more about both the sitter and the artist. Fun questions and activities help you become a portrait detective, spotting things you might never have noticed before.

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Sample page from What Are You Looking At?

Reviews

Ciaran, Age 7

Rating:

This book is about
This book tells you about people in portraits and a bit about them.

The main characters are
The sitters and artists.

My favourite part of the book is
I liked the portrait of Gina Yashere.

I would also like to say
The portraits have clues about what the sitters like.