This beautifully imagined tale of artistic struggle and perseverance is inspired by Frida Kahlos Self Portrait with Monkeys. Illustrated with paintings that recall Kahlos bold, colorful style, it takes readers inside Kahlos bedroom, where she typically painted, and shows how the artist brilliantly incorporated the natural world into her work.   Frida is lying in her bed, imprisoned by painful injuries she sustained in an accidentShe yearns to paint, but can only manage to sing what is in her imagination. Suddenly, a jar of paintbrushes falls off her nightstand and a pool of vibrant color spreads across the floor. A monkey called Caimito scurries to help her with his friends, gathering her brushes, paint and canvas as well as all the items that Frida mentioned in her songfruit, birds, flowers, and butterflies. Frida is so happy and grateful for the monkeysassistance that she manages to create a new painting, a triumphant self-portrait with Caimito in her arms. The book explores