by Anholt Laurence · Tapa dura · ISBN 9788484880035
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«Picasso i Sylvette» is the children's book by Laurence Anholt, published by Serres, Ediciones, S. L. in hardcover (32 pages, in Catalan).
Shy Sylvette dreams of becoming an artist. When Picasso comes to her village and chooses her as a model, her life changes: the portraits of the ponytailed girl become famous all over the world and, thanks to the painter’s friendship, she begins to fulfill her dreams. An introduction to Picasso’s life and work.
Published in 2000; includes illustrations and reproductions of works by Picasso, with a Catalan translation by Jordi Pujol i Manyà.
For children and young people approaching the figure of Picasso, art and creativity for the first time.
Laurence Anholt is an English author and illustrator of more than 200 books in over 30 languages, covering a wide age range, from picture books to adult fiction. Anholt's picture books are notable for their upbeat and humorous approach to important issues for young children, often based on his own family experience and typified by a quirky, hand drawn pen and watercolour style. In recent years, Anholt has turned to writing for an older age range, including The Hypnotist a novel for a Young Adult readership published by Penguin Random House, about race and civil rights set in the Deep South of America in the early 1960s. The novel was officially endorsed by Amnesty International and in 2017 won the Historical Association's Young Quills Award. In July 2019, Anholt's first title in the Mindful Detective series featuring Buddhist cop, Vincent Caine, Art of Death was published by Constable / Little, Brown. Laurence Anholt lives in Devon, Southwest England.
