Synopsis:  At an early age Pablo Picasso was an amazing painter!  When he was in art class, students twice his age were amazed how fast he could paint.  Pablo completes an oil painting while they are still working on sketches.  Just as soon as he masters one style of painting, he moves on and paints something completely different and is soon mastering that style too.  People love it and demand more of the same!  His success makes him rich!  Pablo continues to change his style and his next painting is so different that the public calls it ugly! It doesn’t look like anything they recognize!   “Behave Picasso!” they tell him.  He refuses to copy himself and declares that, “The chief enemy of creativity is good sense!”

What I liked about it and who would enjoy it:  This is a perfect match of story and illustration.  I especially loved the recreations of Picasso’s early paintings.  The story conveys Picasso’s vibrant creativity and drive.   Hand this to young artists for inspiration and art teachers to share with their students.