Painting With Picasso

by Suzanne Bober, Suzanne Bober

New board books in the best-selling Mini Masters series feature beautiful paintings from Cassatt and Picasso and rhyming text introducing budding artists to these famous masters.

Genres: Art, Picture Books, Childrens

22 pages, Board Book

First published August 17, 2006

Reviews

[celia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una maravilla de librerías de segunda mano, pa qué mentir

[Shiloah · Rating 4 out of 5]

We’ve read this about a million times over the years. Thought I’d record it today.

[M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this house we don’t stan Picasso but I love my sister and her curious art books hahaha.

[Mimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely way to introduce little kids to the art of Picasso.

[E · Rating 4 out of 5]

A different pace for a board book that I appreciate.

[Andrea Scarlet · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got LOST in the pictures (understandably). This book is a visual feast.

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was fun to see their responses to some of the odder faces.

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picasso is not on of my favorite artists, but was glad to view a self portrait of him in this board boook. Series. Of the ten paintings pictured in this title, only originals of two of them are in museums in the USA.
There are several portraits of children which will appeal to young people.

[Jaclyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one book in a series that introduces children to the great art masters. It shows a few pieces (around 10) from the artist and pairs it with rhyming phrases. These books were fun to read and, obviously, great to look at. They come in board book form and are on the smaller side so they are great for little hands, but even my older children loved looking through them.

One semi-negative comment I have is that some of the phrases that accompany each painting tell the reader too much which doesn't let the reader come up with their own meaning and interpretation of the painting. This doesn't happen with each painting or in every book. Some of the phrases are more ambiguous. I guess the easy remedy for this would be to not read the text to your child and just ask questions and have discussions about each picture.

Overall, this is a great series and I highly recommend them.

[Hope L. Justice · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would use this book to talk about faces and emotions. I mainly liked this book in the series because it was Picasso and accessible to children, but the plot works unlike some of the others in the series and I like that it leans towards a child-centric top of importance: empathy.

[Euan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Child friendly way to introduce children to art. What I don't like is that it almost tells the child too much... interpreting the paintings for them.