| Description |
64 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
"Illustrations are rendered in mixed media." |
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760L Lexile |
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Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.3 1. |
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Accelerated Reader MG+ 5.3 1 130662 |
| 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. |
| Audience |
760L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.3 1. |
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Accelerated Reader MG+ 5.3 1 130662 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 61). |
| 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 lifes -- Epilogue -- The true life of Diego Rivera. |
| Awards |
Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor, 2010. |
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Pura Belpré Author Honor, 2010. |
| Subject |
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957 -- Juvenile poetry.
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Artists -- Poetry -- Juvenile literature.
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Artists -- Mexico -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Diaz, David, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780761453833 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0761453830 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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