| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
64 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
"Illustrations are rendered in mixed media ... book design by Patrice Sheridan ... editor: Mergery Cuyler ... printed in the United States of America"--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Fabulous storyteller -- Singing frogs -- My twin brother -- Antonia the healer -- The engineer -- Devil Diego -- The sound of life -- On the road to becoming an artist -- Passage of anger -- No more Cézannes -- Diego Diegovich -- The Mexican Revolution -- Behold the angel -- Mexican Cubism -- World War I baby -- Good-byes -- Savage beauty -- True Mexico -- The making of a fresco -- Brimming with Mexican light -- Fecund Earth -- Wild wife -- Wings of a blackbird -- Devil Frida -- Diego the red -- An orchid for Firda -- Man at the crossroads -- Volcanic love -- Anguish and triumph -- Frida's words -- Diego's words -- Death dance -- Still life -- Epilogue -- The true life of Diego Rivera. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 61). |
| Summary |
"The life and work of the artist Diego Rivera is told through chronological poems that capture salient points in his life"--Provided by publisher. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.3 1. |
| Awards |
Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor, 2010. |
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Pura Belpré Author Honor, 2010. |
| Subject |
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957 -- Juvenile literature.
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Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957 -- Poetry.
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Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957. (OCoLC)fst00035775
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Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957.
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Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile poetry.
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Conduct of life -- Juvenile poetry.
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Children's poetry.
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Painters -- Mexico -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Artists -- Poetry.
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Artists -- Mexico -- Biography.
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Painters -- Mexico -- Biography.
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Children -- Conduct of life.
(OCoLC)fst00854871
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Children's poetry. (OCoLC)fst00856335
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Conduct of life. (OCoLC)fst00874563
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Painters. (OCoLC)fst01050530
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Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Art.
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Painters -- Mexico -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Children's poetry -- 2009.
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Pura Belpre Award Honor book (David Diaz) -- 2010.
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2009.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Diaz, David. Illustrator.
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Sheridan, Patrice. Book designer.
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Cuyler, Margery. Editor.
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Marshall Cavendish Children. Publisher.
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| ISBN |
9780761453833 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0761453830 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9780761453833 90000 |
