A review by onceuponacarm
Emily's Blue Period by Cathleen Daly

4.0

Emily's family is going through a divorce, and she's going through a "blue period" like Picasso did. Through short picture-book style chapters, we see her struggle with the change in her family and how it affects her emotionally and artistically. Though this is a blue story, it isn't depressing. She uses art to work through what it means to now have two homes and how to put the pieces back together. Definitely more about Emily than about Picasso (like I wouldn't necessarily use this book to introduce the artist or an art concept to a class--it's more suited to independent reading or reading as a family), though the bits of info about art history may broaden its appeal beyond the child-of-divorce crowd. Nicely done and suitable for 1st-5th grade.