Listen to and read a brief kids’ version of Saint George and the Dragon here.
Click here for a companion story to St. George and the Dragon.
Historic Boyhoods by Rupert S. Holland
Most boys grow up to be honest, maybe even good, men, but do not stand out from the crowd. Occasionally, along comes a boy who is destined, either by character or circumstance, to make his mark on the world. In this work are included 21 biographical sketches of boys who became famous in the arts, affairs of state or exploration and discovery. Historical fact is blended with surmise and imagination to bring these boyhoods alive. – Summary by Lynne Thompson for Librivox
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Run time: 6:57
Christopher Columbus The Boy of Genoa: 1446(?)-1506
Michael Angelo The Boy of the Medici Gardens: 1475-1564
Walter Raleigh The Boy of Devon: 1552-1618
Peter the Great The Boy of the Kremlin: 1672-1725
Frederick the Great The Boy of Potsdam: 1712-1788
George Washington The Boy of the Old Dominion: 1732-1799
Daniel Boone The Boy of the Frontier: 1735-1820
John Paul Jones The Boy of the Atlantic: 1747-1792
Mozart The Boy of Salzburg: 1756-1791
Lafayette The Boy of Versailles: 1757-1834
Horatio Nelson The Boy of the Channel Fleet: 1758-1805
Robert Fulton The Boy of the Conestoga: 1765-1815
Andrew Jackson The Boy of the Carolinas: 1767-1845
Napoleon Bonaparte The Boy of Brienne: 1769-1821
Walter Scott The Boy of the Canongate: 1771-1832
James Fenimore Cooper The Boy of Otsego Hall: 1789-1851
John Ericsson The Boy of the G?ta Canal: 1803-1889
Garibaldi The Boy of the Mediterranean: 1807-1882
Abraham Lincoln The Boy of the American Wilderness: 1809-1865
Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters by Amy Steedman
A children’s version of the Lives of Artists by Vassari with many Illustrations. Of course we won’t be able to show the paintings but the descriptions and the anecdotes are interesting and may lead a child to further interest. – Summary by Susan Morin
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Run time: 6:30
Grandma Moses
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (otherwise known as “Grandma Moses”) was a famous American folk artist. ? She began her career late in life and became an American cultural icon. ?You can learn more about her in this edition of Biography in Sound.
The Book of Art for Young People by Conway
To see a selection of downloadable curriculum resources from CurrClick which could be used in a study of the Renaissance, click here. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
To view all of the 16 beautiful full-color illustrations that accompany this text on one page, click here. They are also included in this post.
To listen to this book, you can click play in the box below, or click on the individual chapter titles.
Running time: 4 hours, 12 minutes
02 The Thirteenth Century in Europe
08 The Renaissance in the North
13 Reynolds and the Eighteenth Century
Modern Kids, Vincent van Gogh. Portrait of Joseph Roulin. Arles, early 1889
courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Click here to see a CurrClick Lapbook project pack on Great Artists of the World. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
Modern Kids: Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters. 1975-2005.
The Museum of Modern Art did not include this work of art with the podcast, perhaps for copyright reasons. I’ve posted a link below the podcast where you can see the images.
courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
This link takes you to a gallery online where you can see 32 Brown Sisters images. You’ll see one picture with an orange dot beside it. Hovering over the dot will reveal more of the photos, and you can click on the one you want to enlarge
Note: Clicking the link for the Fraenkel Gallery will take you away from My Audio School. Kids, please get permission before leaving My Audio School.
Modern Kids: Robert Smithson. Corner Mirror with Coral. 1969
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: James Turrell. A Frontal Passage. 1994
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: Richard Artschwager. Splatter Chair I. 1992
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: Waltercio Caldas. Mirror of Light. 1974
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: Jacob Lawrence. The Migration Series. 1940-41
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: Claes Oldenburg. Giant Soft Fan. 1966-67
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: Tom Wesselmann. Still Life #30. 1963
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Modern Kids: Jackson Pollock. One: Number 31, 1950. 1950
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
a href=”http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?products_id=25259&it=1&affiliate_id=XXXX”>Click here to see a downloadable curriculum resource from CurrClick about 20th Century Artists. Pollock is included in this study.
CurrClick Lapbook project pack on Great Artists of the World. These links will take you away from My Audio School.
Modern Kids: Jean Dubuffet. The Magician. September 1954
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Modern Kids: Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory. 1931
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Click here to see a CurrClick Lapbook project pack on Great Artists of the World. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
Modern Kids: Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942–43
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Modern Kids: Claude Monet, Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond. c. 1920
courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
Click here to see a downloadable currriculum resource from CurrClick for learning about Monet and 5 other artists. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
Modern Kids: Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians, 1921
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