Frida (English Language Edition)
Beset by one shattering ordeal after another, world-renowned painter  Frida Kahlo always managed to channel her anguish into creativity.Frida,  by Jonah Winter and illustrator Ana Juan, is an exquisite and playful glimpse  into the artist's life and work. Filled with the folk art icons of Frida's  Mexican culture--monkeys, devils, smiling skeletons, and sympathetic jaguars  depicted with acrylics and wax on paper--the book describes, in short streams of  text, the feisty, irreverent, fierce nature of the artist. One especially  memorable illustration, based on one of Frida Kahlo's own paintings, shows Frida  herself caught in a tangle of thorns against a mournful blue night sky. The text  reads, "After the accident ... her body will hurt, always." Author and  illustrator's notes add background information, but this stunning book from the  author ofDiego, about  famed Mexican muralist (and husband of Frida) Diego Rivera, is a spectacular,  lush introduction to an inspiring woman and her art. (Ages 5 to 8)--Emilie  Coulter