Henri's Scissors

It is a very good biography of the later years in Henri Matisse’s life. I just read several artists biographies to my granddaughter. It’s an ideal selection for kindergarten through seconders studying various styles of art.

I read this book in conjunction with a couple of homeschool art lessons for 6 and 7-year-olds. The children seemed to enjoy it although I had to explain the ending a little bit — I won't spoil it here. The illustrations went well with the story and the class did enjoy it.

Such a lovely story told in colorful and simple pictures. The pictures that convey a short bio of the artist are catchy, and story is told at a very nice pace. By the end, it is impossible to not love Matisse, his cutouts, his birds, his seaside home, and his mother. A wonderful bedtime story for art lovers!

Cute book that is easy for kids to understand. Read it to my young preschool class for the book of the week and they made Matisse collages from looking at the pictures in the book. Pretty fun.

This is a good book to introduce an artist to a young child.

The kids loved this story and were inspired to use scissors for creating!

I bought this to be a gift for my 3 year old niece. But I didn't realize until I received it that Matisse dies at the end of the book (looking back, it is in the description.) It's a little bold in my opinion to gift a book with death to a child that young, so I will be keeping this lovely book for my child.

This books contains the general story of Matisse's life without dates or too many details. It focuses on his paper cut-out period. The books has lots of cute and colorful illustrations. I would use this book for younger children: preschool - 1st or 2nd grade.