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 Picasso Rocks July 21, 2006
Kimberly Swanger (Council Bluffs, Iowa)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This author's approach makes artists interesting for ages 8-80. A combination of comic strip style illustrations and copies of the artists work is entertaining and informative. This book makes cubism comprehensible. The series of books is an obvious "must" for art teachers (3rd-12th gr) but kids will enjoy it as part of a classroom library or in a personal collection as well. If you have a kid who likes to draw but hates to read, introduce him/her to this author's series.
 This book is about... July 19, 2001
Karen Park-Spratley (Columbus, Ohio)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book was about a painter. The book is non-fiction. Picasso was in his teens when he started painting. He painted lots of famous pictures. One of his paintings was 12 feet high and 25 feet wide. He painted it because he was mad about people dying in the civil war in Spain. He likes to move noses and body parts around in his paintings. I liked learning about Picasso.
A huge hit with grades K-3 July 2, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I use this whole series in my elementary art class - and my students absolutely love it. Venezia highlights what is interesting to K-3 students while avoiding aspects of artists' lives that may not be appropriate for a young audience. Students love the cartoons Venezia includes along with the color images of the artist's work.
Tells the story of Picasso's life October 1, 1999
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It was a very readable historical biography of Picasso's life and the evolution of his painting styles.
A great way to introduce your child to modern art! October 27, 1998
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Mike Venezia shows paintings from Picasso's various periods and explains them in terms a child can understand.(...Picasso felt alone and sad.) He compares the realistic portraits of Picasso's youth to the cubist portraits of his later career, asking the child questions and providing terminology to help him appreciate the difference. (The man...looks like he's been broken up into little cubes....Can you see the man's face...hands...cat?)p Venezia's humorous cartoon comments highlight the controversies that surrounded Picasso's work and give the adult reader a chuckle, too. pAfter reading the book with him, my six-year-old grandson had fun trying to imitate, with his own body, the movement that Picasso was trying to portray with his displaced body parts.
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