Viva Frida

Publisher Marketing: Frida Kahlo, one of the world's 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. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/16/2014 (EAN 9781596436039, Hardcover) - *Starred Review School Library Journal 08/01/2014 pg. 76 (EAN 9781596436039, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2014 (EAN 9781596436039, Hardcover) Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2014 pg. 88 (EAN 9781596436039, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 09/15/2014 pg. 51 (EAN 9781596436039, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 09/23/2014 (EAN 9781596436039, Hardcover) PW Best Children's Books 11/03/2014 pg. 42 (EAN 9781596436039, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2014 (EAN 9781596436039, Hardcover) PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 59 (EAN 9781596436039, Hardcover) SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2014 pg. 22 (EAN 9781596436039, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 (EAN 9781596436039, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Morales, Yuyi Yuyi Morales is an author/illustrator whose books have won the Pura Belpre Award, the Christopher Award, and the Jane Addams Award. She lives in northern California. Contributor Bio:  Sananes, Adriana Adriana Sananes was a leading actress at New York's Repertorio Espanol for ten years, performing works from the golden age of Spain to Lorca to contemporary theatre. Her awards while there include a Theatre Fellowship Grant from The Princess Grace Foundation, Best Actress, XIII Chamizal International Festival, El Paso, in The Trickster of Seville and ACE award for Eduardo Machado's Revoltillo. More recently she was seen in Sophia Romma's "Cabaret Emigre" at Theatre Row, and in Carmen Rivera's "The Fall of Trujillo" at Teatro Circulo, winning a Best Actress award from ATI, The Independent Theatre Artists Organization. Adriana is a voice over artist and narrator and has recorded over 100 audiobooks, including the Spanish version of Pulitzer Prize winner Enrique's Journey, for which she won an Audie, Una Palabra Tuya, (AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award), and the Spanish tracks for the Grammy nominated Brown Bear Series by Eric Carle. She narrated the documentary Children of Fate, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and nominated for an Academy Award.