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!
My Blog
Projects
ALA Read /Leé poster and bookmark
Yuyi created this poster, which was also sold as a bookmark, with characters from her books, Niño Wrestles the World and Rudas: Niño's Horrendous Hermanitas, for the American Library Association.
2017 Maurice Sendak Fellowship recipient
Yuyi was one of three recipients of the Maurice Sendak Fellowship in 2017. As part of four-week residency in upstate New York, Yuyi had the opportunity to do a thorough study of Sendak's work and discuss and collaborate with the other 2017 Sendak fellows. [...
La Pequeña Gran Biblioteca de Todos – The Little, Great Library for All
In 2016, Yuyi constructed a mini library outside of her home in Xalapa, Veracruz, La Pequeña Gran Biblioteca de Todos. Here, people can exchange books, free of charge. Yuyi plays an active role in maintaining the exchange of books. [...
2015 Pura Belpré Award Ceremony program poster
Yuyi designed the poster for the 2015 Pura Belpré award ceremony using characters from her book, Viva Fria!, and the books of the other Pura Belpré Medal and Honor winners.
Effie Lee Morris Lecture, “Creating Children’s Books: An Immigrant’s Story,” at the San Francisco Public Library
In 2014, Yuyi was invited to be the special guest lecturer for the San Francisco Public Library's 18th annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture, which features the work of a different and notable children's book writer or illustrator every year. Yuyi's lecture at the San...
Cover design for School Library Journal’s December 2014 Issue on 2014’s Best Books
Yuyi designed the cover of the School Library Journal's 2014 December 2014 issue on the year's best books. Yuyi's design incorporated the puppet she made of the titular character for her book, Viva Frida.
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