Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature

3.5 stars I enjoyed this book about Robert Bateman, Canadian painter, naturalist, and conservationist, even though I'd never heard of him before reading it. The best part is the artwork -- the book includes several of his paintings of animals, natural sights, and people exploring, and they're beautif......more

This is a lovely biography of Canadian born Robert Bateman, a very famous artist, who paints the natural world around him. His paintings are so realistic that they look like actual photographs. He is gifted beyond measure. From a little boy he loves to observe nature, study its shapes, textures and......more

Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature, (Orca Books, 2018) is a wonderful tribute to one of Canada's most famous artists. Both the text and illustrations are beautiful; I had a hard time selecting which illustrations to accompany this blog. Hopefully the pictures and short snippets of text will......more

When I was a child, there was a book in our house of Robert Bateman paintings. I remember looking through that book and loving all the animals and birds. I had completely forgotten about Bateman's art until I cam across this book at our library and checked it out. A well written biography for kids,......more

Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature tells the story of a young Canadian boy who fell in love with the natural world surrounding him. That fueled his other interest: painting, and a beautiful marriage was formed. Although a picture book, the language is rich, and pairs well with the beautiful......more