Books like Emily's blue period by Cathleen Daly
After her parents get divorced, Emily finds comfort in making and learning about art.
Emily wants to be an artist. She likes painting and loves the way artists such as Pablo Picasso mixed things up. "When Picasso was sad for a while," says Emily, "he only painted in blue. And now I am in my blue period." It might last quite some time.
First publish date: 2014
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Divorce, Divorce, fiction
Authors: Cathleen Daly
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