Diego : bigger than life /

Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.

Diego : bigger than life / Carmen T. Bernier-Grand ; illustrated by David Diaz. - 1st ed. - New York : Marshall Cavendish Children, c2009. - 64 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

"Illustrations are rendered in mixed media."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61).

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.

"The life and work of the artist Diego Rivera is told through chronological poems that capture salient points in his life"--Provided by publisher.



Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor, 2010. Pura Belpré Author Honor, 2010.

9780761453833 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0761453830 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957. --Juvenile literature.


Painters--Mexico--Biography.--Juvenile literature.

ND259.R5 / B47 2009