Books with title Body Language

Learn how people use body language to communicate their thoughts and feelings. Find out how you communicate every day without saying a single word. Discover the meanings of different kinds of body language, such as tight lips, a strong handshake, and crossed legs. In this book, you will learn why people use their hands when they speak, see how animals use body language to communicate, discover different body language from cultures around the world.

This informative, interactive book introduces children to the practice of observing gestures and poses represented in great works from Van Gogh to Picasso to Pop Art. Gillian Wolfe, who has published several art books for children, invites young viewers to look up, down, outside, inside, close up, and all around 18 different paintings. Questions and activities on each page encourage focused contemplation. For example, "Look Behind" features two paintings, Crespi's The Scullery Maid and Hogarth's The Graham Children. For the former, the book asks, "What do you think will happen next?" and for the latter, "How would their lives have been different?" Works from the Renaissance to the present day are represented, and subjects include trapeze artists, clowns, trains, animals, and children. Biographical information about the artists and where to view the original paintings is included.