Animal Talk: Mexican Folk Art Animal Sounds in English and Spanish (First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art)

Animal Talk: Mexican Folk Art Animal Sounds in English and Spanish (First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art)

Cynthia Weill, Rubí Fuentes (Illustrator), Efraín Broa (Illustrator)
$12.55
Publication Date: April 11th, 2016
Publisher:
Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN:
9781643796574
Pages:
32

Description

From Oaxaca, Mexico, come vibrant wood carvings of animals that invite children to learn animal sounds in English and Spanish.

Desde Oaxaca, M xico, vienen vibrantes tallados en madera de animales que invitan a los ni os a aprender los sonidos de los animales en ingl's y espa ol.

Did you know that animal noises can sound different in different languages? A goat greets you with "meh, meh" in English and "bee bee" in Spanish. And in English a rooster calls out "cock-a-doodle-doo" to greet the dawn, while a rooster loudly crows "ki-kiri-ki" in Spanish.

Young readers will delight in identifying the fifteen imaginative figures of familiar animals in this charming bilingual book, while the text invites children to imitate animal sounds in English and Spanish. This is the perfect book for an interactive and playful beginning reading experience.

Sab as que los ruidos de los animales pueden sonar diferentes en diferentes idiomas? Una cabra te saluda con "meh, meh" en ingl's y "bee bee" en espa ol. Y en ingl's, un gallo grita "cock-a-doodle-doo" para saludar al amanecer, mientras que un gallo canta en voz alta "ki-kiri-ki" en espa ol.

Los lectores j venes se deleitar n al identificar las quince imaginativas figuras de animales familiares en este encantador libro biling e, mientras que el texto invita a los ni os a imitar los sonidos de los animales en ingl's y espa ol. Este es el libro perfecto para una experiencia de lectura inicial interactiva y l dica.

About the Author

Cynthia Weill's fascination with the crafts of Oaxaca began while she was working in Mexico as a Fulbright exchange teacher. She has published several books in the First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art series, which features different folk art of Oaxaca. Many of the figures showcased in this series are now part of the permanent Mesoamerican Anthropology collections at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. Cindy lives in New York City and online at cynthiaweill.net. Rubí Fuentes and Efraín Broa are master artisans. Efraín is well known for his elegant figures and Rubí for her delicate and detailed painting. They are members of one of Oaxaca's oldest wood carving families. It took Rubi and Efraín two years to create all the colorful, imaginative figures for this book.

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