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Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
This charming book introduces one of the most popular artists of the twentieth century, Diego Rivera, to young readers. It tells the story of Diego as a young, mischievous boy who demonstrated a clear passion for art and then went on to become one of the most famous painters in the world.
Duncan Tonatiuh also prompts readers to think about what Diego would paint today. Jus
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
May 1st 2011
by Harry N. Abrams
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Duncan Tonatiuh’s children’s book, Diego Rivera: His World and Ours, illustrates the life of mural artist Diego Rivera and portrays his life through beautifully illustrated images. Tonatiuh organizes his book with a third person point of view and with the first part being Diego’s world and then goes on to demonstrate Rivera’s paintings and life. This book includes aspects of art history and Mexican culture thus falling under the informational and historical biography genres. The author utilizes...more
Audience: ages 4-7, those interested in Spanish or Latino culture, painters, boys and girls
Appeal: The artistry and usefulness of this book are really what makes it stand out. It's very informative, almost like a nonfiction book (but without the dry excitement). One word to describe this bok would be "engaging".
Application: I would like to use this book to introduce ancient (what looks to be) Aztec artistry, as well as Diego Rivera, an influential 20th century painter. The book has a glossary of...more
Appeal: The artistry and usefulness of this book are really what makes it stand out. It's very informative, almost like a nonfiction book (but without the dry excitement). One word to describe this bok would be "engaging".
Application: I would like to use this book to introduce ancient (what looks to be) Aztec artistry, as well as Diego Rivera, an influential 20th century painter. The book has a glossary of...more
Audience: Boys and girls, Primary
Appeal: Color, color, and more color! This book is filled with beautiful and colorful illustrations that are bound to catch any young child’s attention. The book is also a great history lesson of who Diego Rivera was, and the interesting places he visited.
Application: As I stated above, this book would be great to teach the students about Diego Rivera and some of the Hispanic history, in addition to information about other cultures. I loved that at the end of the...more
Appeal: Color, color, and more color! This book is filled with beautiful and colorful illustrations that are bound to catch any young child’s attention. The book is also a great history lesson of who Diego Rivera was, and the interesting places he visited.
Application: As I stated above, this book would be great to teach the students about Diego Rivera and some of the Hispanic history, in addition to information about other cultures. I loved that at the end of the...more
“He wanted to celebrate the things that were special to Mexico and wanted Mexicans, from all distant parts of the land, to learn about their culture and feel proud.” In Diego Rivera, Duncan Tonatiuh takes the reader through the history of a famous artist in Hispanic history. The story trails Diego’s life and the important impact that he made on the culture through the art, while also connecting the history to children’s modern-day lives. The artwork in this book makes it highly memorable, as the...more
Comments: “Diego Rivera: His World and Ours” by Duncan Tonatiuh, is a beautifully illustrated and narrated story based on the life of the renowned artist, Diego Rivera. The elements of the story work well together as the message of the life of Rivera is clear throughout the narration of the story and the illustrations help to bond one idea to another. I appreciate Tonatiuh’s authenticity and inclusion of specific aspects of Mexican culture. I believe that readers from diverse backgrounds will be...more
Are you someone who loves art? Do you like to draw or paint pictures in your spare time? Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an artist? Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh illustrates the life and accomplishments of Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera. Diego Rivera traveled to many places to study and learn several different techniques and forms of art by other artists around the world and has often painted history through his murals too. This is a very inspiring bo...more
"His World Will Become Your World!" A fun take on a biography for children about the famous twentieth century artist, Diego Rivera. The book is a written with two different concepts. The first half is about Diego’s “world” and looks at Diego’s life and paintings. The second half is thought provoking and encourages young readers to analyze what they’ve learned and respond by answering questions like what they think Diego Rivera’s paintings would be like today. It even includes an author’s note wi...more
Author/illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh creates a wonderful book that depicts the accomplishments of Mexican painter Diego Rivera, and his journey from childhood. Tonatiuh masterfully couples text and illustration that stay true to muralist Diego Rivera's style and messages. Rivera's passion and talent are evident from a young age, but still possesses characteristics relatable to children. Tonatiuh presents information for a good understanding of the ideals that Diego Rivera held, and his lasting eff...more
Grade/interest level: K-3rd
Reading level: 1040L
Genre: Biography
Main character: Diego Rivera
Setting: Mexico
POV: Narrator
Summary:
This book is a biography of Diego Rivera. In the book, we see the young Diego Rivera running around and causing mischief. Even from a young age, the reader can see Diego Rivera’s passion and love of art. Art is his way of capturing his culture and displaying it for others to see. It is evident from the beginning that Diego Rivera was born to be a painter, and a famous on...more
Reading level: 1040L
Genre: Biography
Main character: Diego Rivera
Setting: Mexico
POV: Narrator
Summary:
This book is a biography of Diego Rivera. In the book, we see the young Diego Rivera running around and causing mischief. Even from a young age, the reader can see Diego Rivera’s passion and love of art. Art is his way of capturing his culture and displaying it for others to see. It is evident from the beginning that Diego Rivera was born to be a painter, and a famous on...more
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
Main Characters: Diego Rivera
POV: Third Person
Summary: “Diego Rivera: His World and Ours,” written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh, is a fun, relatable depiction of the life of Diego Rivera, the famous artist of the twenty first century. Tonatiuh takes the reader through the early childhood of Diego Rivera, talking about how Rivera was once a small boy who loved to draw. When Rivera grows up, he travels to places like Spain and France and learns to use aspects...more
Main Characters: Diego Rivera
POV: Third Person
Summary: “Diego Rivera: His World and Ours,” written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh, is a fun, relatable depiction of the life of Diego Rivera, the famous artist of the twenty first century. Tonatiuh takes the reader through the early childhood of Diego Rivera, talking about how Rivera was once a small boy who loved to draw. When Rivera grows up, he travels to places like Spain and France and learns to use aspects...more
Grade Level: K-3
Awards: Pura Belpre Award
Main Characters: Diego Rivera
Setting: Starts in Mexico, California, and everywhere Diego Rivera traveled in his later years
POV: Third Person
Summary: This book goes through the life of Diego Rivera and tells how he became a renowned Mexican artist. It starts by telling of his childhood and the passion for art he possessed as a child. As he grew his passion did not fade, and he traveled all over the world inspiring Rivera to try new art techniques such as c...more
Awards: Pura Belpre Award
Main Characters: Diego Rivera
Setting: Starts in Mexico, California, and everywhere Diego Rivera traveled in his later years
POV: Third Person
Summary: This book goes through the life of Diego Rivera and tells how he became a renowned Mexican artist. It starts by telling of his childhood and the passion for art he possessed as a child. As he grew his passion did not fade, and he traveled all over the world inspiring Rivera to try new art techniques such as c...more
Jul 07, 2012
Widad Hussein
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This is definitely one of my favorite books I've read thus far. The lexile level is 1080 but it would be for primary grades of K-2nd grade. The main character is Diego and the setting is throughout Mexico. This is in 3rd point of view. This children's book talks about Diego who has a real passion for drawing. He shows us his collage of murals and arts that depicts the Mexican culture. We start about learning about his childhood and how he manifests into a career of artistry growing up. Diego use...more
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours is a non-fiction picture book biography of the famous fresco painter, Diego Rivera. It tells of his early life and how he came to become interested in avant-garde painting styles like that of Picasso and cubism. We learn about Mexican history and their customs through both the words and amazing illustrations. The story of colonial conquest is mentioned, as well as the indigenous history of Mexico. The picture book strikes a really great balance between offering b...more
May 01, 2013
Megan Pando
added it
As a fan of Diego Rivera's artwork the title of this book alone automatically caught my attention. Given the fact that this work is only a picture book I was pleasantly surprised how informational the content was. As a person who is familiar with Rivera, even I learned many new things about his life while reading this book! I liked the way the creator of the book introduces Diego to the young reader with an illustration of him as a child, this way the young reader can feel like he was somebody...more
Audience: I think this book would be a good book for students Kindergarten through third grade.
Appeal: The pictures in the book are extremely colorful and detailed. It allows students to see the history of Mexico through paintings. This will helps students stay engaged in the story, because they can visually see what the book is talking about.
Application: I think this book would be a good book to read to students when teaching them about history. It’s important that children learn about other C...more
Appeal: The pictures in the book are extremely colorful and detailed. It allows students to see the history of Mexico through paintings. This will helps students stay engaged in the story, because they can visually see what the book is talking about.
Application: I think this book would be a good book to read to students when teaching them about history. It’s important that children learn about other C...more
In this nonfiction book, Diego Rivera His World and Ours, the author and illustrator, Duncan Tonatiuh gives us detail on the professional life of Rivera, the artist. The author shared Rivera’s interests and how Rivera was introduced to creating famous murals for and about his people. Before I read this book I skimmed it a little to the back of the book. There I found definitions as well as places where Rivera’s work could be found. I wouldn’t say I completely loved this book but I rated it a 4/5...more
"Diego's murals teach us about the past. But they also show a better future for common people. Diego imagined everyone- men and women, boys and girls, of all ages and nationalities- living together and caring for one another." This award winning picture book biography of Mexican painter Diego Rivera, is a great tool to use with young students K-2. Author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh takes us for a walk with pictures and simple text through Rivera's life. But then he expands it ask "if he were...more
Along with introducing Digeo Rivera and his work to readers, the author touches upon styles used. Such as classical and cubism. Defining both easily into the text.
"Diego went to Paris, the captial of France. There he met young artists who were painting in new and exciting ways. He experimented with these new methods of painting himself. One method was called Cubism, in which the painting did not exactly resemble its subject but was composed of geometric shapes such as squares, circles and trian...more
"Diego went to Paris, the captial of France. There he met young artists who were painting in new and exciting ways. He experimented with these new methods of painting himself. One method was called Cubism, in which the painting did not exactly resemble its subject but was composed of geometric shapes such as squares, circles and trian...more
Audience: The audience for this book is elementary school. Because of the language of the book and the difficulty of the reading level, I would say that this book is geared more towards late third or fourth grade.
Appeal: I think this book would appeal to late third or fourth graders because of the different types of pictures. I also think they would really like how the book compares to how things were in Diego Rivera's time to how they are now. It is a great book for sparking great imagining, to...more
Appeal: I think this book would appeal to late third or fourth graders because of the different types of pictures. I also think they would really like how the book compares to how things were in Diego Rivera's time to how they are now. It is a great book for sparking great imagining, to...more
The main character of this story is Diego and the setting of this story takes place in Mexico. The story is written in 3rd person and the plot of the story is talking about a yound boy who loved to paint. In the story, you can see all the paintings that Diego does, which are murals that express the Mexican culture. Throughout the story, Diego's paintings express his trueself. The author even asks us in the book what Diego would draw today? The story is a biography of the famous artist, Diego Riv...more
This picture book biography provides background on the artistic influences and inspirations of artist Diego Rivera. I appreciated that the author discussed his artistic style as well, combining classical, experimental, and the ancient Mexican art he saw on his travels. Not only did he celebrate the country's beauty and traditions, recognizing that art can make a political statement, but he paid homage to the poor who revolted against oppression. All of those are areas explored by others in earli...more
PB 30: I was drawn to this biography about Diego because the illustrations of the book reflected Diego’s actual artwork, but in a way that was oriented more towards children. I think his story is important for children to hear because the story can inspire children to try new ideas like Diego (such as when Diego combines art forms to make his own style). I also appreciated that the story poses questions for children about what it would be like if Diego were alive today. I think it is important t...more
The illustrations are very neat and have an interesting, unique style that seems to draw upon different artistic traditions themselves (like the roundness of the PreColombian civilizations that the author references). As a book, I felt like this was a little didactic for my taste without much whimsy, though I did like to see the comparisons of what Rivera muralized and what he might immortalize now about our lives. Rivera was definitely combining traditions: the traditional painting techniques h...more
Audience: Students and teachers in grades K-4, art teachers and students, those studying art history of Mexican painters/muralists, those wanting a picture book biography.
Appeal: Large colorful illustrations with cartoon-like block figures, some illustrations resemble those by Diego Rivera, mixed media digital collages, glossary containing words in the order they appear in the text, author's note, sites where the work of Diego Rivera can be found. The author, Tonatiuh, prompts readers to use the...more
Appeal: Large colorful illustrations with cartoon-like block figures, some illustrations resemble those by Diego Rivera, mixed media digital collages, glossary containing words in the order they appear in the text, author's note, sites where the work of Diego Rivera can be found. The author, Tonatiuh, prompts readers to use the...more
Duncan Tonatiuh hand drew, then collaged digitally all the illustrations in his book. This book introduced different styles that artists use through a wide use of vocabulary like cubism, murals, the classics. Duncan Tonatiuh mimics the grander of Rivera's murals in Mexico by mimicking the murals on a double page spread. The author argues that Rivera's murals are timeless in that it depicts all people living together in unity regardless of how fast paced and technological are societies. He uses R...more
Jun 28, 2012
Kathleen Whitaker
added it
This book "Diego Rivera" by Duncan Tonatiuh, does what most primary books do, tell you a story and encourage you to create art. This book introduces young students, ages 5 and up, to artist Diego Rivera. The book introduces Diego and his works to readers and discusses some of the styles that he used, such as classical and cubism. Cubism is a method in which the painting does not exactly resemble its subject but is composed of geometric shapes such as squares, circles and triangles. Needless to s...more
Diego Rivera is a well known artist and this book shares some details of his life alongside some of the history of Mexico. It shares where he got the inspiration for his paintings from, and the art skills he demonstrated. The illustrations are clearly an inspiration of his work and they add a lot of life to the book. At the end there is a list of vocabulary words and their definitions which will be really educational for students.
This book is appropriate for ages 8+
There are many ways this boo...more
This book is appropriate for ages 8+
There are many ways this boo...more
I love this book. I really wish I had some talents of an artist but I dont, but then once I read the book I realized that art comes in many shapes, sizes, and colors.Here's a book that would be wonderful for using with an early elementary class studying artists and their work. Duncan Tonatiuh creates a wonderful book that depicts the accomplishments of Mexican painter Diego Rivera, and his journey from childhood. Tonatiuh masterfully couples text and illustration that stay true to muralist Diego...more
Introduce young readers and artists to Diego Rivera's work and life with this charming picture book. The text focuses more on the development of his signature style than the other facets of his life, although an Author's Note at the end provides a more formal biography. A large section of the book is given over to imagining what murals Rivera might paint today, scenes of our modern world, with comparisons to the murals he actually created. The real star of this book is the illustration; Tonatiuh...more
Week 12
This a picture book about Diego Rivera, a famous Mexican painter. It takes the reader through his youth, when he traveled to Spain and Paris to practice "classical" and "cubism" painting, and how he gave back to his native Mexico. One day Diego was contracted to paint murals about Mexican history and customs. When Diego painted, he combined several types of styles of create his art. His paintings included the history of this country, the struggles of the Mexican people, fights that took p...more
This a picture book about Diego Rivera, a famous Mexican painter. It takes the reader through his youth, when he traveled to Spain and Paris to practice "classical" and "cubism" painting, and how he gave back to his native Mexico. One day Diego was contracted to paint murals about Mexican history and customs. When Diego painted, he combined several types of styles of create his art. His paintings included the history of this country, the struggles of the Mexican people, fights that took p...more
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I was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. I received my BFA from Parsons School of Design and my BA from Eugene Lang College, both of them divisions of the New School University in New York City.
My first picture book "Dear Primo, a letter to my cousin" is published by H N Abrams and will be in stores March 1st, 2010.
My illustrations of the AH1N1 in Mexico were selecte...more
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My first picture book "Dear Primo, a letter to my cousin" is published by H N Abrams and will be in stores March 1st, 2010.
My illustrations of the AH1N1 in Mexico were selecte...more
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