Frida Kahlo in Picturebooks: What Do Her Pictures Want?

Abstract

Abstract:Interest in the life and work of Frida Kahlo continues to grow, and is now manifest in many picturebook representations of her life and work. These picturebook versions quote her iconic self-portraits in their illustrations, but instead of demanding veneration, these picturebooks use "totemic" characters alongside representations of Kahlo to invite young readers into less fraught, more playful, storyworlds.