Bob Raczka

Provides images of paintings and new, sensory ways to experience them, such as tasting the milk in Vermeer's "The Milkmaid," hearing the music in Tanner's "The Banjo Lesson," or feeling the fur in da Vinci's "Lady with an Ermine."

"No one understands the abstract pictures that Niko draws until a new friend sees the thought and feeling within his shapes and forms"--

This collection of ten stories features caring, adventurous, and silly boys whose stories can each be read aloud in five minutes flat. Fearless, fun, determined, daring, kind, and independent... these boys rock! Whether you're looking for a compassionate role model, a quick pick-me-up, a jolt of inspiration, or just a giggle, this treasury has all that and more!