First concepts in Mexican folk art
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First concepts in Mexican folk art volume 1
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English
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Este libro ilustrado para niños presenta el alfabeto usando esculturas de animales talladas de madera y pintadas por la familia Jiménez, descendientes de Manuel Jiménez de Oaxaca, un fundador de ese tipo de arte folklórico.
This illustrated book for children introduces the alphabet, using painted wooden sculptures of animals made by the Jiménez family, descendents of Manuel Jiménez from Oaxaca, one of the founders of this type of folk art.
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First concepts in Mexican folk art volume 2
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English
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Introduces opposites using painted wooden folk art animal sculptures made by artisans from Oaxaca, Mexico.
En este libro ilustrado para niños se usan animalitos tallados de madera y pintados para mostrar una variedad de palabras contrarias. Estas esculturas son creadas por los artesanos de Oaxaca.
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First concepts in Mexican folk art volume 3
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English
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Learn the names of the colors with Mexican folk art.
Aprende los nombres de los colores con arte folklórico mexicano.
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"Animals living in one country don't always talk the same language as animals from somewhere else. Take a rooster, for instance. In English-speaking countries, he says cock-a-doodle-doo when he has a notion to announce himself or to greet the dawn. But in Spanish-speaking countries, he says ki-kiri-ki. Emerging readers will delight in identifying the animals depicted on each new page. The bilingual text invites parent and child into an interactive...
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"Cynthia Weill scores again with an early concept book that bring every kind of job to life, including the work of the dedicated palm weavers of Flavio Gallardo's workshop, whose miniature palm weavings illustrate this playful book, teaching children words for work in two languages. The weavers live in the village of Chigmecatitlan in the Mixteca part of the Mexican state of Puebla. With tremendous skill and patience, the artisans of this region practice...