Paint Brushes for Frida GRCF Kwame Mbalia

Kwame Mbalia

There’s room for all in this cumulative picture book story

it’s going to take every bit of the magic she has inside her to see her through

who wants to understand his country

Paint Brushes for Frida GRCF Kwame MbaliaThis beautifully imagined tale of artistic struggle and perseverance is inspired by Frida Kahlos Self Portrait with Monkeys. Illustrated with paintings that recall Kahlos bold, colorful style, it takes readers inside Kahlos bedroom, where she typically painted, and shows how the artist brilliantly incorporated the natural world into her work. Frida is lying in her bed, imprisoned by painful injuries she sustained in an accident. She yearns to paint,