Luna Loves Art is a young children’s picture book about a little girl called Luna who visiting an art gallery on a school trip. The class sees a lot of exhibitions, some they can only look at, others they can touch.

Luna is enjoying her day until a little boy called Finn screws up a drawing she has just done. Her mum, one of the class helpers, speaks to her about perhaps Finn is lonely and needs a friend and that is why he is acting out.

I have mixed feelings about this book, I can’t deny that it is a lovely children’s picture book that is adorned with superb illustrations, especially those showcasing the artwork of other artists at the gallery. However, I think that had it been a book about a class enjoying the art and learning about artists, different periods, and types of art then it would have worked perfectly. Unfortunately, the author then added in a story of a little boy who looked lost throughout, was on his own, came across as unfriendly, and was then mean to Luna.

It then came across that the story was about Finn’s issues which are suddenly resolved, a tad unrealistic, in my experience children who behave this way take time to trust others and let them become friends, not just a quick talking to and then he is suddenly happy and friendly with the other children.

Like I said it is a lovely book I just would have liked to have seen Finn’s issues taken more seriously and dealt with properly but in such a short book I understand this is hard to do.