When Cesar Chavez led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited a cause and improved the lives of thousands of migrant farmworkers. An inspirational book about resistance and hope. The contrast between stop-motion puppets and painting together present an entire world in just a few pages. In this Pura-Belpre awardwinning picture book, illustrated by Caldecott Honree Yuyi Morales, acclaimed author Kathleen Krull celebrates Latinx civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. Morales also puts her beautiful painting skills to use in this book, as she portrays in illustrative form the dreams that shape the “real” (that is, the puppet) Kahlo’s art. Your little ones will love to peek at the fuzzy face of Kahlo’s pet monkey, the embroidery on her voluminous skirts, and yes, her distinctive eyebrows as well. The details on the stop motion puppets of Frida Kahlo, her husband (the famous muralist Diego Rivera) and various animals deserve to be pored over. Using sparse, bilingual text, Viva Frida explores Kahlo’s creative process and philosophy: that to create art is to live, and to love. Morales combines both stop-motion puppets and more traditional illustration to introduce the life and work of Frida Kahlo to the youngest reader. Winner of the Pura Belpré medal for Illustration in 2015 (and a Caldecott Honor that same year), Viva Frida is an absolutely stunning, resolutely beautiful book.
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