Its 1894. Charlotte and her American family have been living in France for two years where her father has learned the new way of painting called Impressionism. Now her fathers paintings are going to be featured in a show in New York and the whole family is going along. New York is a hustling. bustling city like no other in the world. and Charlotte records it all in her colorful journal. Illustrated with striking museum reproductions. beautiful watercolor paintings. and collages. the book also includes biographical sketches of the featured painters. Charlottes exciting journey to the city that never sleeps will make any reader shout. I love New York!

 

There are 52 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Chronicle Books .

Melissa Sweet has illustrated many books for children, including Charlotte in Giverny . She lives in Rockport, Maine. Joan MacPhail Knight lives in New York with her husband. Melissa Sweet has illustrated over thirty children's books. Every year she takes a trip to collect images for her beautiful collages. She lives in Maine.