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Diego : bigger than life / Carmen T. Bernier-Grand ; illustrated by David Diaz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Marshall Cavendish Children, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 64 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780761453833 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0761453830 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ND259.R5 B47 2009
Online resources:
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.
Awards:
  • Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor, 2010.
  • Pura Belpré Author Honor, 2010.
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.
List(s) this item appears in: Pura Belpré Book Award
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Juvenile Collection Juvenile Collection Albright College Library Juvenile Fiction and Non-Fiction Children's collection J 759.972 B528d 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31856002308532
Total holds: 0

"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.

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.3 1.

Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor, 2010.

Pura Belpré Author Honor, 2010.

Pura Belpré honor award, illustrator, 2010.

Pura Belpré honor award, author, 2010.

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