Viva Frida: (Caldecott Honor Book)
Why we picked it
This Caldecott Honor and Pura Belpre Award winner uses photography, sculpture, and illustration combined to illuminate Frida Kahlo's life and art in images unlike anything else in picture book publishing.
Our review
A Caldecott Honor book and Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner, this elegant meditation on Frida Kahlo combines photography, sculpture, and illustration into images unlike anything else in children's publishing. Yuyi Morales illuminates Frida's life, her laughter, her love, and her tragedy through visual art that is itself a tribute to an artist who made pain and joy equally and beautifully visible.
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A 2015 Caldecott Honor BookA 2015 Pura Belpr (Illustrator) AwardDistinguished authorillustrator Yuyi Morales illuminates Fridas life and work in this elegant and fascinating book, Viva Frida.Frida Kahlo, one of the worlds most famous and unusual artists is revered around the world. Her life was filled with laughter, love, and tragedy, all of which influenced what she painted on her canvases.
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- Elementary
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- Illustrator
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