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
Artwork for Scholastic’s Art of Read Every Day campaign
Yuyi contributed this illustration for Scholastic's Art of Read Every Day campaign in 2013.
PBS video: My Story
In 2012, Yuyi filmed a testimonial for PBS about the importance of public programming and talked about the impact shows like Sesame Street had on her when she immigrated to the U.S.
Cover art for Margarita Engle’s “The Wild Book”
Yuyi illustrated the covert art for "The Wild Book," a children's book by Cuban-American poet and writer, Margarita Engle.
Why I love picture books
In 2010, The New York Times published an article titled, "Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children." Little, Brown and Company created an initiative for authors to talk about why they love picture books. Yuyi created this video as part of Little, Brown and...
“See Me Shine” Yuyi’s contribution of original artwork to Robert’s Snow, an online auction for cancer research
In 2007, Yuyi was one of several artists asked to create a snowflake that would be put up for auction to raise funds for Robert's Snow, an online auction created by author/illustrator, Grace Lin, and her late husband, Robert Snow, to raise funds for the Dana-Farber...
Día de los libros artwork for poster
In 2004, Yuyi contributed a painting for the poster design of El Dia de los Niños, El Dia de los Libros celebration in San Francisco.
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