Do you know a little rebel? Do you want to be a rebel, too? A powerful new picture book from Caldecott Honoree Yuyi Morales, creator of Dreamers and Bright Star.
Little rebels have a way of finding each other. When these three youngsters come together while playing outside, they feel the pull—these are their people.
Little rebels ask questions. They use language to shape the world, and when no words are right, they make up new ones. They imagine, trust their intuition, and aren’t ashamed to change their minds.
Playing together in good times leads to working together through trouble. When the local lagoon dries up and a bird friend is trapped in the dry bed, the little rebels call on ancestors to show them what to do. Nobody gets left behind.
Caldecott Honoree and six-time Pura Belpré Medalist Yuyi Morales, creator of Dreamers, Viva Frida, and Bright Star, draws on Mexican folklore in this much-anticipated new offering. Little Rebels is as bold and spirited as the young trailblazers it chronicles. Find it also in Spanish as Peques rebeldes.
Little Rebels is also available in a Spanish language edition, Peques rebeldes.
¿Who is?
Yuyi Morales
Yuyi Morales was born in Xalapa, Mexico on November 7, 1968. The first years of Yuyi’s life were marked by both scarcity and creativity. Yuyi and her two sisters did not have the same clothes or receive the same presents as their schoolmates. Instead, their mother sewed Yuyi and her sisters’ clothes, bedsheets, curtains, and lampshades. When the family couldn’t afford the gifts the girls wanted for their birthdays, Yuyi’s mother would make everything from the cakes to the invitations to their dresses to their shoes. In a sense, her mother’s resourcefulness was Yuyi’s first introduction to art.
Other Books
Bright Star
Child, you are awake!
You are alive!
You are a bright star,
Inside our hearts.
Lucero
¡Estás despierto!
¡Estás vivo!
Eres una estrella brillante, dentro
de nuestros corazones
Dreamers
We are resilience. We are hope. We are dreamers.
Soñadores
Somos resilientes. Somos esperanza.
Somos soñadores.
Viva Frida
A 2015 Caldecott Honor Book
A 2015 Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award
Niño Wrestles the World
Señoras y señores, put your hands together for the fantastic, spectacular, one of a kind . . .Niño!
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Projects
Nashville Reads
Yuyi's book, Dreamers, was selected to be the 2020 Nashville Reads selection. The Nashville Reads program "was founded in 2012 as a collaboration between the Mayor’s Office, Nashville Public Library, Nashville Public Library Foundation, Parnassus Books, Humanities...
“The Path to Picture Books” – Appearance on “The Yarn” podcast
Yuyi appeared on the the podcast, "The Yarn," to discuss her introduction to children's books as an adult and the bizarre and magical career path that led her to illustrate children's books for a...
Videos for Scholastic’s Art of Read Every Day Campaign
As part of Scholastic's The Art of Read Every Day Campaign, Yuyi filmed two videos. In the first video, Yuyi takes questions about her creative process and inspirations. In the second video, she reads aloud her book, Niño Wrestles the World, which had recently been...
Dreamers video
In anticipation of the release of Yuyi's book, Dreamers, she filmed a video in collaboration with her publishing house to tell readers what inspired her book and to explain symbols and imagery within the book.
Original artwork for “America the Beautiful: United We Stand”
Yuyi was one of several artists, including Bryan Collier, Sonia Lynn Sadler, and LeUyen Pham, who contributed original artwork to America the Beautiful: United We Stand. Yuyi and the other artists' illustrations were presented with the lyrics from Katharine Lee...
Work with Las Patronas and Fandango Fronterizo
In 2019, Yuyi donated jaranas, a Mexican folk instrument, and copies of her books to a community library run by Las Patronas, a volunteer group that provides food, resources, and assistance to immigrants traveling to the U.S. through the state of Veracruz .
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