Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos: Volume 1

This book is delightful, my kids love learning about Frida's life and we recently found out she loved animals and had lots of pets so I had to order this straight away. The book tells the story of her life and the animals that inspired some of her most famous paintings. My 6 year old enjoys reading it aloud to us and the drawings are beautiful and very in keeping with the Kahlo style. We absolutely love it!

A lovely book. Beautiful illustrations and a wonderful story. Can’t wait to read it with my class.

I bought it as I gift to my friend's 3 years old daughter who loved Frida. And needless to say it was a hit! It's an amazing an inspirational realife story!

I particularly like the idea of a book purely centred on well-known influential artist Frida Kahlo, and her beloved pets. It follows her rise from a creative youngster with a wonderful imagination to the influential artist that she became. The perspective of this book really suits young readers, as rather than focusing on her life story on the whole, the inclusion of her animals and how they fit into her life is perhaps more interesting to young ones. The illustrations are lovely, and very much in the style of Frida's work. The only downside is the text is in places difficult to read due to its placement on blocks of colour and small size.