Frida: Viva la Vida! Long Live Life »

Frida Kahlo,a native of Mexico, is described here in biographical poems accompanied by her own artwork. Both text and images reveal the anguish and joy of her two marriages to muralist Diego Rivera, her life-long suffering from a crippling bus accident, and her thirst for life, even as she tasted death. Her favorite motto was ¡Viva la vida! (Long live life!)

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand's powerful poems and Frida Kahlo's extraordinary paintings capture the intensity and passion that make Frida stand out as an important twentieth-century painter.

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This Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Honor Book is a collection of free-verse poems that vividly dramatize decisive experiences in the life of César Chávez. Diaz's stylized images feature a saintly golden glow that reinforces the admiration behind the text. Back matter includes source notes, a glossary, a short biography of Chávez, a chronology, and a list for further reading.