*"A lively verse
portrait illuminated with incandescent illustrations." STARRED
REVIEW
—
Booklist,
February 15,
2009
"As she did in
Frida: Viva la Vida! Long Live
Life!
(2007, Marshall Cavendish), Bernier-Grand channels the
personality of Kahlo’s husband in 34 free-verse
poems."
—
Kirkus
Reviews,
February 15,
2009
"That’s a
refreshing amount of rigor for a verse account, so this will be particularly
useful as a starting point for studying the artist, and it’s a welcome
step up from Winter’s
Diego
."
—
The
Bulletin,
April
2009
"One emerges
with a sense of Rivera’s genius, devilish personality, and struggles both
in relation to accepting financial support from oppressive governments and in
his capacity to be, by turns, self-centered or tender with the many women and
children in his life. Young people will be surprised and entertained by this
accessible, arresting
portrait."
—
School
Library Journal,
April
2009
"This offering
makes an excellent companion to the poet’s previous books, not just
because Frida Kahlo and Rivera were (twice) married, nor yet because Diaz and
Bernier-Grand also collaborated on
César
, a
verse biography of César Chávez, but because all these books celebrate
the symbiotic relationship between art and politics in Latino
culture."
—
The
Horn Book Magazine,
May/June
2009
"This emotionally charged collection of poems tells
the story of Rivera’s life like never
before."
—
Book
Links ( a supplement to Booklist),
October 2009
