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In this imaginative, colorful and historic picture book, international author/illustrator Robert Carr's beloved character ""Cleo the Cat"" has a dream. His dream is to be an artist. The book follows the pattern of thinking through 20th Century Artists. For example, If I were Picasso I would_, If I were Nevelson I would__, If I were Pollock I would_. Cat humor is integrated along the way in writing and artful images. Master art pieces like Picasso's ""Three Musicians"" becomes Cleo's ""Three Meows"". Warhol repeated portraits in a configuration of nine, now his pattern becomes a portrait of Cleo titled, ""Nine Lives"". The book ends with Cleo's acceptance of not being like the mentioned artists. It is only then that Cleo pursues his own art and encourages the reader to do the same. This book introduces famous artist and their work as well as provoking interests in the arts and creating art. All said, it is a playful picture book.

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Robert Carr is a retired art teacher of thirty-five years and a recipient of the Golden Apple and Harold Grinspoon Awards for his contribution to education. Robert lives in Belchertown, Massachusetts. He spends much of his time with family and friends - real and imaginary. In retirement, he is mostly focused on writing and illustrating children's picture books. He is a self- published international author/illustrator and the CEO of Pollywoguen Creations. *Website: robertcarrpollywoguencreations.com.*Instagram: Pollywoguen Creations.*Pinterest: Pollywoguen CreationsRobert received an Associate's Degree in Studio Painting from Holyoke Community College, a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree as a dual major in Studio Painting and Art Education at Massachusetts College of Art, and a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Massachusetts.Robert began his teaching career working for the Town of South Hadley in Massachusetts. He worked there for nineteen years. He started as an elementary art teacher and later worked as a middle school art teacher. He finished his teaching career working for Springfield Public Schools mostly as a Federal Magnet School resource teacher in several elementary schools. His mission was to improve learning for students through arts integration. He became known for implementing thematic projects that would often involve an entire school. His teachings modeled the connection between art processes and thinking, the social nature of art, as well as creative thinking and applications.

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