Mr Matisse and His Cutouts

Mr. Matisse is a painter with "the sun in his tummy." His colors make everyone happy. But one day he becomes ill and has to have a major operation. When he wakes up in a white hospital room, he misses his colors. 'Bring my brushes! Bring my paint!' But the sheets are not smooth and taut like canvas. And the walls and ceiling are too far away. What will he do now? AGES: 4-8 AUTHOR: Annemarie van Haeringen was born in the Netherlands. She is a Dutch illustrator and picture book author and illustrator. She studied art at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Annemarie has illustrated numerous children's books, worked on a series of films, and created illustrations for several children's magazines. She won the Golden Brush Award three times?in 1999, 2000, and 2005?and a silver for 'Coco and the Little Black Dress' in 2014.