Viva Frida
Reviewed by Sandy Hall
Yuyi does a lovely job of portraying the story of the life of the Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, whose husband was also the artist and muralist Diego Rivera. The book’s text is very simple and is written in both Spanish and English. While I don’t personally care for Morales’ illustrations, I do understand her purpose here and appreciate the honor she gives to the life of Frida Kahlo. You can watch a video about how the author/illustrator, Yuyi Mirales, created the illustrations for this book here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mu8mZLmewI As always, I like the picture book biographies that are being written in our current time and am gladly adding them to my library. Also, for those families studying art, why not gain some knowledge of those artists from Mexico and other countries, not just those from Europe in times long ago. And for any family learning about Mexico, this book adds more to the understanding of the country’s culture.