Sylvette is a shy little girl, but her neighbor happens to be the artist Pablo Picasso.
Attracted by Sylvette s classical facial profile and her lovely ponytail hair style, Picasso convinces her to overcome her shyness and pose for a series of artworks.
These drawings, paintings, and sculptures soon become world famous, and encouraged to abandon her shyness, Sylvette herself begins a career as a fine artist.
This is a title in Barron s Anholt s Artists Books for Children series, in which author and illustrator Laurence Anholt recalls memorable and sometimes amusing moments when the lives of the artists were touched by children.
Anholt s fine illustrations appear on every page and include reproductions of works by the artists.
Barron's Educational Series Picasso and the girl with a ponytail, paperback/laurence anholt
