Pablo Picasso: Breaking All the Rules

Smart About Art

by True Kelley

Simon Packard didn't always want to do his artist report on Pablo Picasso, but after his twin brother Stephen does a report on Monet-Simon's favorite artist-Simon chooses Picasso by default! Throughout, there are reproductions of Pablo Picasso's masterpieces as well as Simon's own drawings, and wonderful nuggets of info that will appeal to kids.

Genres: Art, Biography, Childrens, Picture Books, Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2002

Reviews

[Madison Dragonas]

This book is a great way to show that even though a person may not want to do research over somebody, that it might not turn out as bad as they think. This book would be great to show students just how fun taking notes can be. I really enjoyed reading this book, as I was the same way when I was a child.

[Y.Poston]

a great bio sketch

[Evan]

This biography of Pablo Picasso is written from the perspective of a kid named Simon Packard, whose competitiveness with his twin brother leads him to choose Picasso as the subject of his school report about an artist. The book presents Picasso's life in chapter-like sections which do a good job of breaking up his work into the periods most art historians refer to in discussing his work. It presents a number of different works and helps children interpret their historical and artistic signficance.

[Lena Barnes]

This is from the smart about art book series. This book is in the form of a student written book report on artist Pablo Picasso. It has great facts about the artist, connections that the students made with the artist, picture by the artist and imitations of the artist work by the student. These books are so fun yet informative. They can also inspire students to research about a famous artist, author, musician, etc. and write their own book about them.

[Allison Weber]

This book was wonderful! I learned several new things by reading it, and I loved how it was written and illustrated by a child. It had many interesting facts that most people wouldn't include in a biography. This would be great to use in an art class learning about Picasso. It would also be great in a biography lesson, and students could do their own projects following the style of the book.

[Danielle]

<3 I'd like to credit my love of his artwork to my grandparents who had a hardcover book of all his artwork on the coffee table growing up...

[Jack]

He broke the rules of art. He painted everything the wrong way.