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Diego : bigger than life Cover Image Book

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

Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. (Author). Diaz, David, (illustrator.). Diaz, David. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0761453830
  • ISBN: 9780761453833
  • Physical Description: 64 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Marshall Cavendish Children, [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Illustrations are rendered in mixed media."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 61).
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
3-6.
760L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.3 1 130662.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.3 1.
Awards Note:
Pura Belpré Author Honor, 2010.
Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor, 2010.

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Subject: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957 > Juvenile literature.
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957 > Juvenile poetry.
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Artists > Mexico > Biography.
Artists > Mexico > Juvenile biography.
Painters > Mexico > Biography.
Painters > Mexico > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Painters > Mexico > Juvenile biography.
Genre: Biographies.
Poetry.

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  • 14 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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Statesville Main Library JB RIVERA BER (Text) 33114017025149 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -