I love finding really good books about art. Herve Tullet is back with fantastic follow-up to Press Here called
Just as the title suggests, readers are asked to mix up colors, sometimes in very fun ways, such as closing the book and pressing two colors together
or placing your hand on the page and making colors disappear.
Although intended for young readers, not so young readers will also find the book just as fun.
On a more serious note, Emily’s Blue Period, by Cathleen Daly, is about Pablo Picasso and changing family dynamics.
Emily is very crafty and interested in art, especially Pablo Picasso, but when her dad moves out, her life is as mixed up as some of Picasso’s cubist paintings.
“When Picasso was sad for a while,” says Emily, “he only painted in blue. And now I am in my blue period.”
The book is written in short chapters and addresses the different stages Emily goes through. When her art teachers assigns a project in which students have to collage what “home” means to them, Emily breaks free of her blues.
Lisa Brown’s illustrations for this book is light and friendly, despite the heaviness of the topics. An excellent book all around.
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