"The Art Lesson: A Shavuot Story by Allison and Wayne Marks, illustrated by Annie Wilkinson. Shoshana's grandma is an artist, with bright red cat-eye glasses and a cat named Krasner. Every Thursday after school, Shoshana goes to her studio--'like an enchanted forest'--to do art. Grandma J calls her 'my little Chagall,' 'my little Modigliani,' and 'my little Pissarro'; Wilkinson's simple, sweet illustrations contain nods to each of the artists mentioned. For Shavuot, Grandma J and Shoshana make papercuts. Grandma J creates beautiful roses and Torahs, but all Shoshana sees when she unfolds her paper are ugly holes. Grandma J teaches her to see visions in her abstractions: fields of flowers, schools of fish, honeycombs of bees. And many years later, when Shoshana is an artist herself, she teaches her own granddaughter the lessons of Grandma J.

A short afterword explains Shavuot, mentions that Eastern European Jews used to make papercuts to hang in their windows for the holiday--who knew? --and gives instructions for a simple Star of David papercut. It also explains who the Jewish artists named in the text are.including Lee Krasner, who was not, in actual fact, a cat. (Ages 3-6)" - Tablet Mag.