I continue to enjoy learning more and more about the famous Frida Kahlo. I am a lover and art and can connect to her love for it. This was interesting to read as it was personal and based on true experience. This book provides a powerful message behind it that we all have something to offer in the world and it should be recognized. Many of us can get lost in the shadows but we should be able to speak up by using our voice to make yourself known. This is only one of the issues Frida had experienced. We can learn a lot from her stories.

This book is suitable for primary or intermediate aged students. It is based on a true story about an artist and his wife who move to San Francisco. The artist, Diego is adored and recognized for his art, where his wife feels small and unappreciated when compared to her husband. So, Frida makes her own painting and ends up being featured in the Exhibition of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists. This book conveys the empowering message that everyone has something to offer the world so make yourself known and seen! I would absolutely have this picture book in my classroom library so that my students can feel excited to do something great and make them self known.

Frida becomes very upset when she realizes that the people only pay attention to her famous husband, Diego Rivera. She feels like she is someone tiny compared to him. One day she decides to discover her new city of San Francisco and realizes that there is so much more that the world has to offer. This story encourages the reader to just believe in who they are and anything is possible. I enjoyed seeing the picture of the bird that helped build up her career and also using it as a symbol of moving onto higher and greater opportunities. ( )

Frida, who is an artist herself, is married to a famous artist named Diego Rivera. Frida is living in his shadow. She knows her work is more than great so she strives to get her own recognition. She inspires young readers to never give up on one's self. ( )

The story itself was not that great. Very little was mentioned about Frida Kahlo and her many successes as an artist. However, the illustrations were beautiful! The pictures were painted using acrylic, charcoal and varnish on linen paper. The text used in the book was descriptive as if describing a work of art to someone. Each page was filled with color and meaning. ( )