Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos

This is a children's book about the life of Frida Kahlo. The book tells the story of Frida, a Mexican artist well known for her self-portraits as well as her marriage to Mexican painter Diego Rivera. It also makes emphasis on the large number of pets she had and loved. The book contains beautiful illu......more

Frida Kahlo is perhaps the latest artist to fall prey to the commercialisation of her image. Whereas there are a plethora of images of water lilies by the impressionist Claude Monet on astonishingly irrelevant items, from aprons to umbrellas, and William Morris’s decorative wallpaper patterns prolif......more

A picture book biography of artist Kahlo with a focus on the menagerie of animals she owned and less on her as artist. Or, it's an angle that helps humanize her as artist. That's one strength of this volume but the other clearly is the great illustration of John Parra, which helps to create the time......more

This was a really awesome way to show kids how Frida Khalos life was. It’s so cute and the drawings are so gorgeous! Definitely recommend this.......more

AWE..I just loved this and all of her little pets. Short little read about young Frida Kahlo and her love for animals. I enjoyed the illustrations of her pets, using bold and bright colors like she used in her own artwork. We see two monkeys, a parrot, three dogs, two turkeys, an eagle, a black cat......more