This one I had to give all the stars to because it was a perfect artist biography with illustrations that children will love. Again, the artist doesn't over complicate her- wait, this is another Melissa Sweet! She's the illustrator for "Brave Girl", another Mock Caldecott title that I gave a high rating to. Huh, I guess I just really appreciate her style. She really seems to know how to draw people in with colorful drawings, mixed media swatches (this time it was paper swatches), and creating interesting, colorful spaces for the text. There were many more examples of her own text art with various quotes from Horace Pippin himself. I think in this case, the book was about an artist who just loved to draw and was at his happiest drawing anything. He also used art to convey the unhappy times in his life during the war. Perhaps the illustrator's child-like illustrations are meant to show young readers that they shouldn't be afraid to draw, no matter what their skill. All types of art are beautiful and to be appreciated. Even Melissa Sweet, whose figure drawing is no Reuben, but fun enough to get kids interested in art!