{"product_id":"abecedarios-alphabets-mexican-folk-art-abcs-in-spanish-and-english-9781933693132","title":"Abecedarios\/ Alphabets: Mexican Folk Art  Abcs in Spanish and English","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery ABC book worth its cover price is bound to have bright colors and big letters. But not every ABC book has magical hand-carved animals to illustrate every letter. And very few alphabet books present those letters in more varieties than English! Very few alphabet books except the ABeCedarios  that is! In this brightly colored book  the alphabet is presented in both Spanish and English  and includes the four additional lettersand whimsical animalsthat make the Spanish alphabet so much fun. The famous folk artists  brothers Moiss and Armando Jimnez  carved the wonderful animal figures that illustrate each letter in ABeCedarios. Working with their wives and children in the beautiful village of Arrazola in Oaxaca  Mexico  they carved and painted each enchanting animal by hand. For many centuries  people in Oaxaca have carved wood to make toys and household objects. However  it was Moiss and Armandos grandfather Manuel who started making animal figures. Now more than sixty families in Arrazola make their living from wood carving. K. B. Basseches is an artist  photographer  and art educator. She was an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in the Department of Art Education  and served as a staff photographer at the Smithsonian Institution in the Portrait Gallery in Washington  DC. Basseches has exhibited throughout the mid-Atlantic region and in the Los Angeles area. She lives in Richmond  Virginia  with her young son and husband. Todos los libros del alfabeto tienen colores brillantes y letras grandes. Pero no cada libro del alfabeto tiene animales mgicos tallados a mano para ilustrar cada letra. Y muy pocos libros del alfabeto presentan esas letras en ms idiomas que ingles! Muy pocos excepto por ABeCedarios! En este libro vibrante  el alfabeto es presentado en ambo espaol e ingles  e incluye las cuatro letras adicionales en el alfabeto de espaol. . Los hermanos Moiss and Armando Jimnez tallaron las figuras de animales maravillosas que ilustran cada letra en ABeCedarios. Trabajando con sus esposas e hijos  meticulosamente pintaron a mano cada animal encantador. Las familias Jimnez viven y trabajan en el hermoso pueblo de montaa de Arrazola  Oaxaca. A bilingual ABC book featuring beautiful  vibrant photographs of hand-carved animals from Oaxaca  Mexico. This beautifully-illustrated  bilingual ABC book is fun for young readers and the adults reading with them. Each letter is illustrated with a photograph of a hand-carved animal in the folk tradition of Oaxaca  Mexico. The wood sculptures are carved in beautiful detail and painted eye-catching bright colors that little readers will love. Weills choice of animals is delightfully quirky (youll never guess what she chose for X) and provides a great opportunity to practice different letter sounds in Spanish and English  as each animal is named in both languages. Unlike other alphabet books  this board book includes several letters that are specific to Spanish  such as the  and ll. Whether youre already a bilingual family or hoping to become one  this book is a great place to start. Brothers and master carvers Armando and Moiss Jimnez created the animals for the illustrations  which are then sanded by their children and hand painted by their wives  Antona and Orala. They are following in a family tradition of wood carving that goes back to their grandfather  Manuel  who began carving animals in the 1950s using wood from the copal trees that grow nearby. The carvings have proved so popular that eighty families in their town of Arrazola  Oaxaca now make their living from carving wooden sculptures. ABeCedarios is a sturdy board book  just the right size for little hands  and durable enough to withstand many re-readings. Little ones will love the adorable animals and bright colors. This is the perfect book for laying the foundations of bilingual literacy for your child  and makes a great gift for new parents  toddlers  and appreciators of Mexican folk art!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646732034101,"sku":"ByrdShop_1933693134","price":23.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781933693132.jpg?v=1781677807","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/abecedarios-alphabets-mexican-folk-art-abcs-in-spanish-and-english-9781933693132","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}