100 Pablo Picassos

Pablo Picasso appears 100 times in this vivid introduction to the artist. The brisk text and Lemay’s gently humorous images hopscotch across details of Picasso’s professional and personal life, showing the artist creating pieces like Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, morphing into images from his work, conversing with individuals like Gertrude Stein and Henri Matisse, playfully engaging with pets, and more. Picasso’s joie de vivre and creative outpouring come across vibrantly, while glimpses of his periods of turmoil (“Sometimes Picasso was sad. He painted many pictures with the color blue”) and relationships (“The artist had many girlfriends and wives. Picasso was always in love”) hint at the artist’s complexity. Ages 5–10. (May)