Description

Frida Kahlo's work involves life—literally—in this magical realist story, the most recent addition to Watson-Guptill's recommended Artwork Activities sequence. The narrative alternates between Kahlo's house in Mexico City, Casa Azul, and the trip of a teenage girl and her small brother, dropped in the city. In the magical Casa Azul, anything having an experience talks—including Kahlo's pet horse, her kitten, pictures on the wall. Within the span of the book, the cover artwork, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, changes from the nightmarish vision of death right into a life-affirming masterpiece.