Start with Art series introduces young readers to different forms of art and media. Each book examines what the art form is, what it can be made of, what it can show, differences in size, technique, and style, historical and modern examples, and examples from different cultures. This book looks at painting.
In January 1988 Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live. Martin was moved to c…