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K-Gr 3—At age 72, following surgery for cancer, Henri Matisse was too weak to paint. During his convalescence at the seaside, he picked up scissors and began cutting shapes from painted paper. In his own words, "It seems to me that I am in a second life." Winter's picture-book biography focuses on that second life, neatly summarizing his childhood and career in the first eight pages: "He kept on painting, forgot about law, and left his s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In her latest picture book biography (see Barbara Bader's article "Persons of Interest," beginning on page 11), Winter focuses on Henri Matisse's later life, during which the painter took up collage. The book's opening pages feature a simple, sedate layout: brightly colored but rather quiet acrylics showing Matisse as a child and then creating famous early works are contained in neat square b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More