Sunday, October 21, 2018

Birds & Other Animals with Pablo Picasso- OPTIONAL


Birds & Other Animals with Pablo Picasso, BOARD BOOK. Phaidon Press, Inc., 2017. $10. 9780714874180

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K- OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW

Various sketches by Pablo Picasso are highlighted with sparse text. The pictures are very simplistic and take some abstract visualization to see what they represent.

For the age range that this book is geared too, I think it might be too complex. It does take some interpretation to see what is supposed to be seen. The text aids in helping identify the animals, but a lot of the captioning is superfluous and is unnecessary. There is an explanation as to who Picasso is and copies of his actual sketchbooks are shown.

Shay, High School Librarian, MLS

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