This title examines the remarkable life of Frida Kahlo. Readers will learn about her family background, childhood, education, and marriage to Diego Rivera, as well as her career as an artist and her famous works. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. Grades 6-9.