Young Camille befriends a strange visitor to his small town, and one day he brings this man a gift of bright, beautiful sunflowers.

The man is the artist Vincent van Gogh, and the sunflowers quickly become the subject of a magnificent painting.

This is a title in Barron Anholt Artists Books for Children series, in which author and illustrator Laurence Anholt recalls memorable and sometimes amusing moments when the lives of the artists were touched by children.

Anholt fine illustrations appear on every page and include reproductions of works by the artists.


書中，名作家兼插畫家Laurence Anholt透過小男孩Camille的角度，來說梵谷的故事，書中除了有知名的畫作--向日葵外，還有他為Camille一家人所畫的畫像，梵谷一生孤寂，但在Laurence Anholt筆觸和畫風下將他的故事展現的溫暖，讓讀者更感受到梵谷畫作的魅力。

在小男孩Camille住的鎮上，有一大片的向日葵田，當陽光灑下時，顯得隔外耀眼亮麗；某天，一臉鬍子帶著草帽的梵谷來到這，鎮上的居民視他為怪客，但Camille一家卻和他成為了好朋友，梵谷也被向這兒的美景吸引住，帶著Camille到處去畫畫，Camille很喜歡梵谷畫的向日葵，但是鎮上的居民對他的畫不以為然，只想把他趕出這小鎮。

全系列5冊，分別為梵古、竇加、畢卡索、莫內、達文西。名作家兼插畫家Laurence Anholt親自執筆，將偉大藝術家的作品及真人事蹟融合，透過主人翁與藝術家們的相遇、相識，讓讀者更瞭解藝術家們的生平與個性…


【適讀程度】
 Age Range: 4 - 8 years