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
Yuyi’s lyrics for Cascabelito Migrante
Yuyi wrote lyrical verses for a song titled, Cascabelito Migrante, which she intended to perform in her Pura Belpre Medal acceptance speech in 2019. When Yuyi could not perform the song due to time constraints, she filmed a video instead. Cascabelito Migrante is a...
Mural for Brooklyn Public Library Central Library’s Youth Wing
In 2019, the Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library unveiled a multi-paneled mural in their Youth Wing featuring work by Yuyi as well as noted illustrators, Christopher Myers, Selina Alko, and Paul Zelinsky. In her 8 x 11 foot mural panel, Yuyi depicted herself and...
“La Valiente” illustration for RESIST!
In 2017, Yuyi contributed La Valiente, an illustration for RESIST! a free print publication edited and produced by The New Yorker art editor Françoise Mouly and her daughter, Nadja Spiegleman. RESIST! was founded after the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Its slogan,...
Video created in gratitude to the Pura Belpré Award Committee for Dreamers
Yuyi made this video as a token of her appreciation to the 2019 Pura Belpre Award Committee.
The Making of Dreamers: Yuyi Morales’ Photo Essay for Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
In anticipation of the release of Yuyi's book, Dreamers, she contributed a photo essay on her creative process for the book for the noted children's book blog, Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. Yuyi's photo essay gave readers unique insight into the creation...
Keynote address for School Library Journal’s 2018 Day of Dialog
In 2018, Yuyi was invited to give a keynote address at the School Library Journal's Day of Dialog. School Library Journal's Day of Dialog is an event for librarians to interact with notable authors, editors, and publishers in the book industry. Yuyi's keynote speech...
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