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1) Animal talk: Mexican folk art, animal sounds in English and Spanish

Author

Weill, Cynthia

Series

First concepts in Mexican folk art

Publisher

Cinco Puntos Press

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

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"Did you know that animals that live 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. And the bilingual text invites parent and...

2) Vámonos: Mexican folk art transport in English and Spanish

Author

Weill, Cynthia

Publisher

[Library Ideas, LLC]

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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"You're invited on a trip to a special place and there are many ways to get there. You could take a bike, a bus, or even a boat! The folk-art pieces were lovingly handmade by Oaxacan craftsmen Augustín Tinoco Cruz, Martín Melchor, Maximino Santiago, and Avelino Pérez--all of whom have longstanding relationships with Cynthia Weill. Vámonos will spark a lifelong love of languages and libraries in young readers. Grab your favorite person to read...

3) Opuestos: Mexican Folk Art Opposites in English and Spanish

Author

Weill, Cynthia

Series

First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art

Publisher

Cinco Puntos Press

Pub. Date

2014

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Kindle

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"Direct and charming."—Publishers Weekly

Cynthia Weill's book of Mexican folk art teaches kids about opposites in Spanish and English! These whimsical little animals from Oaxaca, carved and painted by hand, make learning about opposites fun. Up and down, tall and short, left and right—all inside a beautiful book.

En este libro de artesanía mexicana, Cynthia Weill le enseña a niños sobre opuestos en español

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4) Let's work!: Mexican folk art in English and Spanish = Trabajos

Author

Weill, Cynthia

Series

First concepts in Mexican folk art

Publisher

Cinco Puntos Press

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

Description

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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 Chigmecatitlán in the Mixteca part of the Mexican state of Puebla. With tremendous skill and patience, the artisans of this region...

5) Mi familia calaca / My Skeleton Family: A Mexican Folk Art Family in English and Spanish

Author

Weill, Cynthia

Series

First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art

Publisher

Lee & Low Books

Pub. Date

2013

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Kindle

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Come meet La Familia calaca! They're just like everybody else. Except they're all bones!

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

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6) The painted screens of Baltimore: an urban folk art revealed

Author

Eff, Elaine

Series

Folklore studies in a multicultural world

Publisher

University Press of Mississippi

Pub. Date

[2013]

Language

English

Description

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"Painted screens have long been synonymous in the popular imagination with the Baltimore rowhouse. Picturesque, practical, and quirky, window and door screens adorned with scenic views simultaneously offer privacy and ventilation in crowded neighborhoods. As an urban folk art, painted screens flourished in Baltimore, though they did not originate there--precursors date to early eighteenth-century London. They were a fixture on fine homes and businesses...

7) A kind of archeology: collecting American folk art, 1876-1976

Author

Stillinger, Elizabeth

Publisher

University of Massachusetts Press

Pub. Date

Language

English

Description

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"A Kind of Archaeology" begins by examining the evolution of the concept of folk art, relating it to nineteenth-and early twentieth-century movements such as romanticism.

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

Description

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Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1853 on a cotton plantation in rural Alabama, and continued to farm the land until the late 1920s when he moved to Montgomery and worked odd jobs in the thriving segregated black neighborhood. A decade later, in his late 80s, Traylor became homeless and started to draw and paint, devising his visual language to depict his memories of slavery and scenes of a radically changing urban culture, becoming one of America's...

14) Made by hand: a crafts sampler

Author

Schaefer, Carole Lexa

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Description

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"Combing real historical artifacts with fictional stories, Carole Lexa Schaefer brings each fascinating object to life by imagining the hands that might have made it and those that might have used it." --Dust jacket.

15) A tulip in winter: a story about folk artist Maud Lewis

Author

Stinson, Kathy

Publisher

Greystone Kids

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

Description

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"A celebration of a beloved folk artist, and her artistic expression of joy and beauty. Known for her vibrant and cheerful paintings of landscapes, plants, and animals, Maud Lewis' iconic folk art is celebrated around the world. Despite her beautiful art, she spent much of her life living in poverty with rheumatoid arthritis. In this stunning picture book, author Kathy Stinson and illustrator Lauren Soloy bring Maud's world to life: how she captured...

16) The secret kingdom: Nek Chand, a changing India, and a hidden world of art

Author

Rosenstock, Barb

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Description

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The incredible story of the world's largest visionary environment: the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, kept secret by outsider artist Nek Chand for fifteen years.

17) Brothers in clay: the story of Georgia folk pottery

Author

Burrison, John A

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Pub. Date

c1995

Language

English

18) Alabama folk pottery

Author

Brackner, Joey

Publisher

University of Alabama Press

Pub. Date

2006

Language

English

19) From mud to jug: the folk potters and pottery of Northeast Georgia

Author

Burrison, John A

Series

Publications

Publisher

University of Georgia Press in collaboration with the Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia

Pub. Date

Language

English

20) Early American folk pottery

Author

Guilland, Harold F

Publisher

Chilton Book Co

Pub. Date

[1971]

Language

English

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1) Animal talk: Mexican folk art, animal sounds in English and Spanish

2) Vámonos: Mexican folk art transport in English and Spanish

3) Opuestos: Mexican Folk Art Opposites in English and Spanish

4) Let's work!: Mexican folk art in English and Spanish = Trabajos

5) Mi familia calaca / My Skeleton Family: A Mexican Folk Art Family in English and Spanish

6) The painted screens of Baltimore: an urban folk art revealed

7) A kind of archeology: collecting American folk art, 1876-1976

8) Drawing on America's past: folk art, modernism, and the Index of American Design

9) Count me in: a parade of Mexican folk art numbers in English and Spanish

10) Donde las maravillas crecen

11) Coco: Miguel and the amazing alebrijes

12) Nina's favorite mittens & socks from around Norway: over 40 traditional knitting patterns inspired by Norwegian folk-art collections

13) Bill Traylor: chasing ghosts

14) Made by hand: a crafts sampler

15) A tulip in winter: a story about folk artist Maud Lewis

16) The secret kingdom: Nek Chand, a changing India, and a hidden world of art

17) Brothers in clay: the story of Georgia folk pottery

18) Alabama folk pottery

19) From mud to jug: the folk potters and pottery of Northeast Georgia

20) Early American folk pottery

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