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
Is There Someone You Need to Thank? – Appearance on the Science of Happiness podcast
In anticipation of the 2018 release of her book, Dreamers, Yuyi appeared on The Science of Happiness podcast to read aloud a gratitude letter she wrote to the librarian who changed her life and discuss her upcoming book.
“Estas Triste” video in collaboration with Child Aid
In the spring of 2020, as Guatemalan communities were being impacted by covid-19, Yuyi was asked by Child Aid to make a video that they could share with Guatemalan children participating in their school programs who were having a hard time coping with social...
Puerta Abierta Atitlan
In 2019, Yuyi was asked by La Puerta Atitlan, a school in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, to visit and meet with students. La Puerta Atitlan offers a non-conventional curriculum that emphasizes art and creativity and they also run a traveling library that brings books...
Collaboration with Child Aid in Guatemala
In the summer of 2019, the non-profit, Child Aid, invited Yuyi to participate in their literacy program in Guatemala and dedicate a library in her name. During her visit, Yuyi read aloud to school children at Caserio La Fe Elementary School, participated and led an...
Illustration for the book “What’s Your Favorite Color?”
Yuyi contributed this illustration for the book, What's Your Favorite Color? Other contributors include Eric Carle, Etienne Delessert and Bryan Collier.
Virtual Essay for May/June 2021 Horn Book magazine issue
Horn Book magazine focused its May/June 2021 issue on Latinx literature in honor of the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Pura Belpre award. As a six-time Pura Belpre Medal winner, Yuyi was asked to contribute a short essay about her childhood relationship to...
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