{"product_id":"grandpa-and-the-library","title":"Grandpa and the Library","description":"\u003cb\u003eA children's book that describes Charles White's childhood  influences and inspiration\u003c\/b\u003e.\n\nEvery day, young Charles White's mother took him to the Chicago Public Library,  where the librarians looked after him until six o'clock. At the library Charles looked  carefully at the picture books the librarians give him and also at the people around him,  later drawing what he saw on scraps of paper at home. He learned to be patient and  observant - and, by watching art students painting in the park, how to mix and use  oil paints. As he grew up, he painted the people he saw and admired, and ultimately  became a great artist whose works now hang in museums all over the United States.      Written and illustrated by his son, C. Ian White, and featuring full-colour.\n\nWritten and illustrated by his son, C. Ian White, and featuring full-colour  reproductions of Charles White's own artworks, this deeply personal story traces the  childhood influences that inspired young Charles to become an artist and a teacher.","brand":"The Museum of Modern Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664511471652,"sku":"9781633450653","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781633450653.jpg?v=1777358419","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/grandpa-and-the-library","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}