Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos, Monica Brown, PhD
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos, Monica Brown, PhD
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Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos

Author: Monica Brown, PhD

Narrator: Adriana Sananes

Unabridged: 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2018


Synopsis

The fascinating Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is remembered for her self-portraits, her dramatic works featuring bold and vibrant colors. Her work brought attention to Mexican and indigenous culture, and she is also renowned for her works celebrating the female form. Brown's story recounts Frida's beloved pets—two monkeys, a parrot, three dogs, two turkeys, an eagle, a black cat, and a fawn—and playfully considers how Frida embodied many wonderful characteristics of each animal.

About Adriana Sananes

Adriana Sananes (SAG-AFTRA, AEA) es una narradora, directora y actriz bilingüe en la escena teatral de Nueva York. Recibió el Theatre Fellowship Grant de la Fundación Princess Grace y varios premios de HOLA, ATI y ACE como mejor actriz. Ha grabado más de 150 audiolibros, incluyendo la version en español de Polar Bear, Polar Bear y Matar a un ruiseñor, Ve y pon un centinela, y el ganador del premio Pulitzer La Travesía de Enrique, (Mejor Narración en Español, Premio AUDIE 2010).

About Monica Brown, PhD

Monica Brown, Ph.D., is the award-winning author of many books. She has garnered several starred reviews, the Americas Award, two Pura Belpre Author Honors, and the prestigious Rockefeller Fellowship on Chicano Cultural Literacy. She lives in Arizona with her family and teaches at Northern Arizona University.

About John Parra

John Parra is an award-winning illustrator, designer, teacher, and fine-art painter. His children's books have earned many awards, including the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, ALA's Pura Belpre Honors, the Christopher's Award, and the International Latino Book Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Caro on September 23, 2017

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

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on June 12, 2023

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

Goodreads review by Dave on March 18, 2018

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

Goodreads review by debbicat *made of stardust* on May 11, 2023

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