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Customer Reviews

Beautiful art by Frida Kahlo

2007-03-10
At school my whole class read this book for read aloud! It was a very good book. Frida was very good at art. She had five sisters but it seamed like they didn't pay attention to her! She was always lonely and she was bored.But atleast she had Imaginary friends to comfort her. One day she got in a horrible bus accident! Read this book to find out how Frida turned out after her pain. Reccomended for people who may want to learn how to turn pain into beauty.

Beauty from Pain

2007-02-15
More than once, creating art saved Frida Kahlo's life. Even though she had five sisters, she was almost always lonely and sad. When she was infected with polio and she was very sick, even her imaginary friends couldn't cheer her up, but painting and drawing rescued her. Most of her life, she was in heart-breaking pain after being in a horrible bus accident. Read this book to find out how art saved her once more. Recommended for people who want to learn how Frida Kahlo turned terrible pain into beautiful masterpieces.

Spanish Version

2007-01-19
I own the Spanish version of this book, and I love it. So do all my students - I teach Preschool Spanish (ages 3-6). My 5 year old daughter is an artist and she loves the vivid colors and imaginative characters that follow Frida through her life. The children I teach do not know Spanish, but they are able to look at the pictures and understand the story. They regularly request this book and enjoy looking for the 'spooky' characters.

Children sympathize with this person

2006-10-25
My son and daughter could really relate to another person's life thanks to this well-written and cleverly illustrated book. Frida was, as they are now, someone who wasn't always able to have her mother's attention. She lived out fantasies in her mind, just as they do. She used her imagination even when she was unable to move her body, just like they do before they fall asleep at night. Frida's quotidian and extraordinary experiences spring to life thanks to the inventive illustrations and sympathetic writing.

art can save your life

2006-03-21
My mom read me this book and I saw that art is important and special, it can save you and allow you to express your imagination even when times are tough

Great Book!

2005-09-11

When her mother was worn out from caring for her five sisters, her father gave her lessons in brushwork and color. When polio kept her bedridden for nine months, drawing saved her from boredom. When a bus accident left her in unimaginable agony, her paintings expressed her pain and depression - and eventually, her joys and her loves. Over and over again, Frida Kahlo turned the challenges of her life into art. Now Jonah Winter and Ana Juan have drawn on both the art and the life to create a playful, insightful tribute to one of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Viva Frida!

Wonderful!

2005-02-09
I purchased this for my 3 year old daughter and she fell in love with it. Now that she's 4 she still regularly asks to hear this story. I would recommend this book as a great starting point for introducing art and artists to young children.

lovely and strangely beautiful

2004-11-28
i like this book i am one of those "fridaholics" mentioned in another review. i have loved frida since i was in high school-which was about 7-8 years ago. i have many frida books, and i bought this one so i could share frida with my younger sister. i got the spanish lang one, but it is the same as the english one except that well, its in spanish, other than that it looks the same and everything. i like that it explains things about fridas life in a softer easier manner so children can understand the story and get the meaning of it without including gory details that are adults only. i like the dreamlike, gentle quality of the book and the beautiful pictures. i recommend this for anybody and everybody.

Frida is Fabulous

2004-08-02
I picked "Frida" as part of a class assignment. My job was to write a lesson that would facilitate student understanding of this artist. What I liked most about this book was how tactfully her story was rendered. Having read the actual biography (for adults) I was pleased that most of the important information was left intact and treated sensitively.

I was also refreshed by the bold colors the illustrator used. She really did a wonderful job of capturing and maintaining the integrity of Kahlo's style in her own work. I thought this would be a great way of helping students to see just how unique her own work was.

You Go Girl!

2003-06-20
Frida is a tragic figure who despite horrific experiences becomes an inspiration and role model to artistic women all over the world. This story is a wonderful biography for girls to show thay can overcome obsticles and be what they want to be. The artwork is very colorful and creative. Susan Senn