What is America? Is it amber waves of grain? Is it a cityscape at night?

The works of eighteen artists, ranging from Samuel Anderson Robb’s “Baseball Player” to Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Brooklyn Bridge” to Judy Chicago’s “Rainbow Shabbat, provide the answers as their works evoke a strong sense of place. Pairing compelling statements that help to define America with a striking piece of artwork, the author has provided young readers with a varied and colorful portrait of our nation as the artists, expressing themselves in their own way, answer the questions with their art.

A special “How Artists See America” section at the end of the narrative provides young readers with a brief note about each of the artists.

Highly recommended. ( )

The Art of Freedom is a picture book about how artists see America. The book talks about many things that make up America. The many different perceptions of America.

This story made me realize that I am proud to be a part of America and the different things that it has.

This book could be used in a unit about America and many different qualities of Ameica.