Books del Sur’s excellent “antiprincesas” collection offers graphic novel style biographies of three Latin American women who resisted the cultural norms of their times and followed their own path.  The lives of the three women - Chilean folk singer Violeta Parra, Bolivian guerrilla leader Juana Azurduy and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo provide an engrossing look at the diverse history of Latin America.  Grades 3 and up.

Juana Azurduy para niñas y niños

Written by Nadia Fink, Illustrated by Pitu Saa

Books del Sur, © 2015

ISBN 9780997328035

26 pages  

Paperback: $12.99, Library binding: $19.95