Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois

Award-winning creators, Amy Novesky and Isabelle Arsenault, present a picture book biography of a beloved artist in Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois.

Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous spider sculpture, Maman, stands more than 30 feet high.

Just as spiders spin and repair their webs, Louise's own mother was a weaver of tapestries. Louise spent her childhood in France as an apprentice to her mother before she became a tapestry artist herself. She worked with fabric throughout her career, and this biographical picture book shows how Bourgeois's childhood experiences weaving with her loving, nurturing mother provided the inspiration for her most famous works.

With a beautifully nuanced and poetic story, this book stunningly captures the relationship between mother and daughter and illuminates how memories are woven into us all.

"With evocative, gorgeous illustrations and an inspirational story of an artist not often covered in children's literature, this arresting volume is an excellent addition to nonfiction picture book collections, particularly those lacking titles about women artists." --Booklist, starred review

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 40
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781419718816
Age: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 179976 / Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/14/2015
School Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 116
Booklist 03/01/2016 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2016
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2016 pg. 121
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
Amy Novesky is an award-winning author whose books include Love Is a Tutu, Love Is a Truck, Cloth Lullaby, and Me, Frida. She lives just north of San Francisco. Sara Gillingham is an award-winning author, illustrator, and art director whose books include Love Is a Tutu, Love Is a Truck, One Whole Bunch, I Am So Brave, Snuggle the Baby, and I Can Do It Myself. She lives with her family in Vancouver.