The Life of / La vida de Basquiat (Bilingual: English/Spanish): A Bilingual Picture Book Biography (The Life of Series) (English and Spanish Edition)

Love this book! I'm so excited to share it with my students! Representation MATTERS. As a Puerto Rican woman, I love that this book depicts a brown skin family that is supportive and encouraging Basquiat's interests. The crown throughout is a symbol of strength and empowers young readers, especially black and brown children that are often negatively portrayed in the media and kept from aspiring to do big and better things! This is a must have little gem of a book. (Board book targets they younger toddler ages 3K/PreK classrooms, but the content is great for elementary- art introduction to his work)

My little guy loved reading about an artist of Haitian descent whose artistic style is similar to his! It's an added bonus that it's in both English and Spanish. I would love a Haitian-Creole version, though!Get this for your little artists!

Great story and illustrations!

Absolutely love it

Bought this book for a later time.

This author has a series of books that talk about iconic people in a way that young people can understand. It was a hit as part of the Christmas gift that I sent.

purchased for my grandson. I love that he's learning about his latin american culture