Jennifer Fandel

While the text was decent, I do wish they had included more photos of his architecture and less of other people/things (like the unnecessary 2-page spread of Pablo Picasso & his paintings.)

SUMMARY: The life and times of Pablo Picasso.

REVIEW: As far as biographies go, I thought that this book was interesting. I am not usually a fan of biographies (personally, I find them boring), but this one was very interesting. The pictures were colorful, and it also had a lot of useful information from Picasso's childhood all the way through his career and the later years of his life. However, I think children might possibly get frustrated with this book because the text can be hard to show more follow at times. This biography is definitely a good book for someone to read if they are interested in artists. show less

Didn't read the bio, only skimmed the book for Nov.-Dec. 2020 Children's Books group themed discussion.

A juv. bio. that includes excerpts, sonnets, and artistic photos by [a:Marcel Imsand|933544|Marcel Imsand|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. I liked Sonnet 130 (esp. after reading Romeo's infatuated exaggerations) and I appreciated learning that Proust got Remembrance of Things Past from Sonnet 30.

This very visual biography of Robert J. Oppenheimer reads a bit like The History Channel for kids. Lots of full-page photos and tangential sidebars are provided to add context but more often fell scattered and unrelated -- a fill page and another sidebar about how the creator of Curious George had to escape Europe during the war doesn't really connect with the text in any meaningful way.

This is part of a new series called What in the World? and after you've read a few of them you'll be show more wondering the same thing. show less