Little Pea's Drawing School: A Picture Book

by Davide Calì, Davide Calì

Discover Little Pea’s Drawing School, where everyone is about to learn an important lesson about art, even the teacher!Little Pea is now an accomplished artist—everyone knows it. One day, a friend of his encourages him to open a drawing school. What a marvelous idea! Shortly after, his first class is ready to attend his lessons, and everyone is working hard to improve their skills and techniques. Little Pea will soon learn that one does not always recognize a great artist at first glance.

Genres: Picture Books

40 pages, Hardcover

Published May 17, 2022

About the author

Davide Calì is a Swiss-born Italian writer of picture books and graphic novels, primarily for children and young adults. He lives in Italy. His work has been published in twenty-five countries and translated into many languages.

Reviews

[Christie Kaaland · Rating 3 out of 5]

When other insects tell Little Pea that, good artist that he is, he should start a drawing school, that's exactly what he does. And all the insects in this part of the forest line up to sign up and school begins. Fast forward to the end of the school year when everyone shows what they have learned about art by displaying their works even though within the story no instruction takes place. Even Tarantula, whose initial drawings are all dots, has created his own dotted masterpiece. A simple story ending with a bit of hit-you-over-the-head lesson; this reviewer prefers a more inferential approach allowing kids to draw their own conclusion. The art (by Italian illustrator, Sébastien Mourrain, is done in soft pastels complementing the gentle simplicity of the story.