Frida Kahlo Y Sus Animalitos: (Spanish Edition) - Hardcover

by Monica Brown (Author), John Parra (Illustrator), F. Isabel Campoy (Translator)

Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor 2018
ALA Notable Children's Book 2018
New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2017
Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017
Smithsonian Top Ten Best Children's Book of 2017

Frida Kahlo y sus Animalitos, written by Monica Brown and illustrated by John Parra, is based on the life of one of the world's most influential painters, Frida Kahlo, and the animals that inspired her art and life.

Brown's story recounts Frida's beloved pets--two monkeys, a parrot, three dogs, two turkeys, an eagle, a black cat, and a fawn--and playfully considers how Frida embodied many wonderful characteristics of each animal.

Una visio n u nica de Frida Khalo -de su vida extraordinaria y sus mascotas- por la reconocida autora Mo nica Brown y del ilustrador John Parra, recipiente de los premios Christopher y Golden Kite, asi como una mencio n de Honor del Pura Belpre . Frida Kahlo y sus animalitos cuenta la vida de Frida - desde la infancia hasta su ascensio n como una de las pintoras ma s influyentes del mundo - captando la belleza y la fuerza del espi ritu creador de Frida, que la mantuvo a trave s de la tragedia y el triunfo, y de los animales que la inspiraron a lo largo del camino. Lo innovador del tema de Brown - juega con la idea de que Frida personifica las caracteri sticas de sus amadas mascotas (dos monos, un loro, tres perros, dos pavos, un a guila, un gato negro y un cervatillo) - emparejado con el arte de colores audaces de Parra, que nos recuerdan la paleta de la propia Frida, hacen de esta biografi a una emotiva entrega llena de respuestas para los seguidores de Frida, nuevos y viejos. Una Seleccio n Junior Library Guild!

Author Biography

Monica Brown, PhD, is the award- winning author of Waiting for the Biblioburro/ Esperando el Biblioburro, Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/no combina, and the Lola Levine chapter book series, including Lola Levine Is Not Mean; Lola Levine, Drama Queen; and Lola Levine and the Ballet Scheme. She lives in Arizona with her family and teaches at Northern Arizona University. Find out more at www.monicabrown.net.

John Parra is an award-winning illustrator, designer, teacher, and fine art painter. His children's books have earned many awards, including the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, ALA's Pura Belpré Honors, the Christopher Award, the International Latino Book Award, and many more. In 2015 John was invited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to present a special event about his work and career in art and illustration; and in 2017 John's art appeared on six Forever postal stamps from the USPS titled "Delicioso." He lives with his wife, Maria, in Queens, New York. Find out more at: www.johnparraart.com

F. Isabel Campoy is the author of numerous children's books in the areas of poetry, theatre, stories, biographies, and art. An internationally recognized scholar devoted to the study of language acquisition, a field in which she started publishing in l973 after obtaining her degree in English Philology from Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain; and post graduate work in Reading University in England, and UCLA in the United States. Her many accolades include ALA Notables, the San Francisco Library Award, the Reading the World Award from the University of San Francisco, the NABE Ramón Santiago Award, the International Latino Children's Book Award, and nine Junior Library Guild selections. She is a member of the North American Academy of Spanish Language.