Picasso and Minou, by P.I. Maltbie, illustrated by Pau Estrada

This is a story based on Picasso's Blue Period and developed into his Rose Period.
Minou means kitty in French and the story happened during early 20th Century at Montmartre, Paris.
Picasso lived with his sweetheart and a kitty then. He couldn't sale any paintings and made no money to live.
作者借用貓來改變一個年輕人悲觀的想法，當他畫風改變時，人生也變了。“... You can turn your world into whatever you want it to be."
雖然有一些是作者的想像，但是由一位改變世界的藝術家生命歷程中的一小段，也可窺見人生的轉念影響有多大。

繪者Pau Estrada出生西班牙，目前住在巴賽隆那；曾以Fullbright Fellow的身份在RISD研習，為了這本書，他甚至親自到巴黎的畢卡索美術館和蒙馬特實地體驗。