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Mi Familia Calaca: A Mexican Folk Art Family in English and Spanish (First C...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2013
- ISBN
- 9781935955504
- Book Title
- My Skeleton Family
- Book Series
- First concepts in Mexican Folk Art Ser.
- Publisher
- Lee & Low Books, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Zarate, Jesus, Yes
- Item Height
- 0.3 in
- Genre
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Topic
- People & Places / Mexico, Art / General, Art / Sculpture
- Item Weight
- 8.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 32 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lee & Low Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1935955500
ISBN-13
9781935955504
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143866057
Product Key Features
Book Title
My Skeleton Family
Number of Pages
32 Pages
Language
English
Topic
People & Places / Mexico, Art / General, Art / Sculpture
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Zarate, Jesus, Yes
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Book Series
First concepts in Mexican Folk Art Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
2013-012342
Reviews
"Oaxacan folk artist Zárate creates papier-m'ché sculptures of Day of the Dead-style skeletons that grin widely as a young skeleton named Anita introduces her family...Zárate's sculptures exude personality."-- Publishers Weekly "Though they are skeletons, this family couldn't be friendlier ... The details traditional Oaxacan artist Canseco Zárate includes charm as fully as Weill's crunchy vocabulary ... They may be dead, but their affection is palpable. Just right for the Day of the Dead or for a fresh take on family structures-- tan lindo! " - Kirkus Reviews, "Oaxacan folk artist Zárate creates papier-m'ché sculptures of Day of the Dead-style skeletons that grin widely as a young skeleton named Anita introduces her family...Zárate's sculptures exude personality."-- Publishers Weekly "Though they are skeletons, this family couldn't be friendlier ... The details traditional Oaxacan artist Canseco Zárate includes charm as fully as Weill's crunchy vocabulary ... They may be dead, but their affection is palpable. Just right for the Day of the Dead or for a fresh take on family structures-- tan lindo! " -- Kirkus Reviews "The photographed Oaxacan folk-art figures will make readers smile as each one has a fixed grin, as one would expect from a well-dressed skeleton ... This book would be a welcome and culturally relevant addition to beginning-reader collections."-- School Library Journal, "Oaxacan folk artist Zárate creates papier-m'ché sculptures of Day of the Dead-style skeletons that grin widely as a young skeleton named Anita introduces her family...Zárate's sculptures exude personality."-- Publishers Weekly, "Oaxacan folk artist Zárate creates papier-m'ché sculptures of Day of the Dead--style skeletons that grin widely as a young skeleton named Anita introduces her family…Zárate's sculptures exude personality."— Publishers Weekly "Though they are skeletons, this family couldn't be friendlier … The details traditional Oaxacan artist Canseco Zárate includes charm as fully as Weill's crunchy vocabulary … They may be dead, but their affection is palpable. Just right for the Day of the Dead or for a fresh take on family structures— tan lindo! " — Kirkus Reviews "The photographed Oaxacan folk-art figures will make readers smile as each one has a fixed grin, as one would expect from a well-dressed skeleton … This book would be a welcome and culturally relevant addition to beginning-reader collections."- School Library Journal, "Oaxacan folk artist Zrate creates papier-mch sculptures of Day of the Dead-style skeletons that grin widely as a young skeleton named Anita introduces her family...Zrate's sculptures exude personality."-- Publishers Weekly "Though they are skeletons, this family couldn't be friendlier ... The details traditional Oaxacan artist Canseco Zrate includes charm as fully as Weill's crunchy vocabulary ... They may be dead, but their affection is palpable. Just right for the Day of the Dead or for a fresh take on family structures-- tan lindo! " -- Kirkus Reviews "The photographed Oaxacan folk-art figures will make readers smile as each one has a fixed grin, as one would expect from a well-dressed skeleton ... This book would be a welcome and culturally relevant addition to beginning-reader collections."-- School Library Journal, "Oaxacan folk artist Zárate creates papier-m'ché sculptures of Day of the Dead--style skeletons that grin widely as a young skeleton named Anita introduces her family…Zárate's sculptures exude personality."— Publishers Weekly "Though they are skeletons, this family couldn't be friendlier … The details traditional Oaxacan artist Canseco Zárate includes charm as fully as Weill's crunchy vocabulary … They may be dead, but their affection is palpable. Just right for the Day of the Dead or for a fresh take on family structures— tan lindo! " - Kirkus Reviews, "Oaxacan folk artist Zárate creates papier-m'ché sculptures of Day of the Dead–style skeletons that grin widely as a young skeleton named Anita introduces her family…Zárate's sculptures exude personality."— Publishers Weekly "Though they are skeletons, this family couldn't be friendlier … The details traditional Oaxacan artist Canseco Zárate includes charm as fully as Weill's crunchy vocabulary … They may be dead, but their affection is palpable. Just right for the Day of the Dead or for a fresh take on family structures— tan lindo! " — Kirkus Reviews "The photographed Oaxacan folk-art figures will make readers smile as each one has a fixed grin, as one would expect from a well-dressed skeleton … This book would be a welcome and culturally relevant addition to beginning-reader collections."— School Library Journal
Grade To
Kindergarten
Synopsis
Welcome to la familia! Father, mother, abuelita . The fifties kitsch of Familia introduces readers to a family just like theirs., Welcome to the family It's just like yours: father, mother, sister, brother, abuelita, gato , even a great-great grandmother. Well, but there's something just a little bit different about this particular family. Maybe it's those clothes they wear . . . just a little bit fashion backward. And the colors So vibrant and . . . lively. Maybe that's what it is. They are just so full of life while looking almost other worldly. Bienvenidos a la familia Es justo como la tuya: pap , mam , hermana, hermano, abuelita, gato, hasta un a vis-abuela. Pero hay algo un poco diferente sobre esta familia. Tal vez es la su ropa...es un poco anticuada. Y los colores Tan vibrantes y...vivos. Tal vez eso es, solo est n llenos de vida, al mismo tiempo pareciendo de otro mundo. Cynthia Weill's bilingual collaboration with artist Jesus Canseco Zarate teaches young readers basic information about relationships, while also celebrating the colorful tradition of Mexico's Day of the Dead. Canseco Zarate long-limbed sculptures are a playful twist on traditional Mexican iconography of the skeleton that stretches back through the country's art history to Jos Guadalupe Posada's engravings and Aztec sculpture. La colaboraci n biling e entre autora Cynthia Weill y artista Jesus Cnaseco Zarate le ense a a lectores j venes informaci n b sica sobre familias, al mismo tiempo celebrando la tradici n colorida del D a de Muertos. Las esculturas de brazos largos de Canseco Zarate le dan un toque juguet n a la iconograf a Mexicana tradicional del esqueleto, que se ve a lo largo de la historia art stica del pa s, hasta los grabados de Jos Guadalupe Posada, y las esculturas Aztecas. Cynthia Weill holds a master's degree from Wesleyan University in Art History and a Doctorate in Education from Teachers College Columbia. While working on her dissertation at Columbia, Cynthia collaborated with artisans in Oaxaca, Mexico to create the folk art pieces that became the successful First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art series. She is currently the director of the Center for Children's Literature at the Bank Street College of Education. Cythia Weill tiene una maestr a de Historia del Arte de Wesleyan University, y un doctorado de Educaci n del Colegio de Maestros de Columbia University. Durante su tiempo trabajando en su tesis en Columbia, Cynthia colabor con artesanos y artesanas de Oaxaca, M xico, para crear las piezas que se fueron despu s presentadas en la exitosa serie, Primeros Conceptos en Artesan a Mexicana. Actualmente es la directora del Centro para Literatura Infantil en el Colegio de Educaci n Bank Street.. Jesus Canseco Zarate is a young Oaxacan folk artist whose medium of choice is paper m ch . In 2008 he won first prize in the Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art completion for young artists. Jes s Canseco Z rate es un artesano de Oaxaca conocido por sus complejas calacas de papel mach . En el 2008, gan el primer premio en la competici n de Amigos de Artesan a de Oaxaca para artistas j venes., Welcome to the family! It's just like yours: father, mother, sister, brother, abuelita, gato , even a great-great grandmother. Well, but there's something just a little bit different about this particular family. Maybe it's those clothes they wear . . . just a little bit fashion backward. And the colors! So vibrant and . . . lively. Maybe that's what it is. They are just so full of life while looking almost other worldly. ¡Bienvenidos a la familia! Es justo como la tuya: papá, mamá, hermana, hermano, abuelita, gato, hasta un a vis-abuela. Pero hay algo un poco diferente sobre esta familia. Tal vez es la su ropa...es un poco anticuada. Y los colores! Tan vibrantes y...vivos. Tal vez eso es, solo están llenos de vida, al mismo tiempo pareciendo de otro mundo. Cynthia Weill's bilingual collaboration with artist Jesus Canseco Zarate teaches young readers basic information about relationships, while also celebrating the colorful tradition of Mexico's Day of the Dead. Canseco Zarate long-limbed sculptures are a playful twist on traditional Mexican iconography of the skeleton that stretches back through the country's art history to José Guadalupe Posada's engravings and Aztec sculpture. La colaboración bilingüe entre autora Cynthia Weill y artista Jesus Cnaseco Zarate le enseña a lectores jóvenes información básica sobre familias, al mismo tiempo celebrando la tradición colorida del Día de Muertos. Las esculturas de brazos largos de Canseco Zarate le dan un toque juguetón a la iconografía Mexicana tradicional del esqueleto, que se ve a lo largo de la historia artística del país, hasta los grabados de José Guadalupe Posada, y las esculturas Aztecas. Cynthia Weill holds a master's degree from Wesleyan University in Art History and a Doctorate in Education from Teachers College Columbia. While working on her dissertation at Columbia, Cynthia collaborated with artisans in Oaxaca, Mexico to create the folk art pieces that became the successful First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art series. She is currently the director of the Center for Children's Literature at the Bank Street College of Education. Cythia Weill tiene una maestría de Historia del Arte de Wesleyan University, y un doctorado de Educación del Colegio de Maestros de Columbia University. Durante su tiempo trabajando en su tesis en Columbia, Cynthia colaboró con artesanos y artesanas de Oaxaca, México, para crear las piezas que se fueron después presentadas en la exitosa serie, Primeros Conceptos en Artesanía Mexicana. Actualmente es la directora del Centro para Literatura Infantil en el Colegio de Educación Bank Street.. Jesus Canseco Zarate is a young Oaxacan folk artist whose medium of choice is paper m'ché. In 2008 he won first prize in the Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art completion for young artists. Jesús Canseco Zárate es un artesano de Oaxaca conocido por sus complejas calacas de papel maché. En el 2008, ganó el primer premio en la competición de Amigos de Artesanía de Oaxaca para artistas jóvenes.
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NK8555.5.M64Z372
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