{"product_id":"opuestos-mexican-folk-art-opposites-in-english-and-spanish-paperback","title":"Opuestos: Mexican Folk Art Opposites in English and Spanish - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynthia Weill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartín Santiago\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eQuirino Santiago\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor's Choice Award \/ Spanish Language or Bilingual, Library Media Connection\u003cbr\u003e Blue Ribbon List, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHappy hand-painted animals from Oaxaca, Mexico, teach kids about opposites in two languages!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Felices animales pintados a mano de Oaxaca, México, enseña a los niños sobre los opuestos en este encantador libro bilingüe!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCynthia Weill's book of Mexican folk art introduces young readers to opposites in Spanish and English. These whimsical little animals, carved and painted by hand, make learning about opposites fun. Up and down, tall and short, left and right--all inside a beautiful book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEn este libro de artesanía mexicana,  Cynthia Weill le enseña a niños sobre opuestos en español e ingles! Estos animalitos fantasiosos de Oaxaca, tallados y pintados a mano, hacen aprender sobre opuestos divertido. Arriba y abajo, alto y pequeño, izquierda y derecha--todo adentro de un libro encantador.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia Weill\u003c\/b\u003e'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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartín and Quirino Santiago\u003c\/b\u003e are brothers who carve wooden figures. The figures in \u003ci\u003eOpuestos\u003c\/i\u003e were made in La Union Tejalapam, a Oaxacan village that lies in a valley between the mountains of the Sierra Norte. Martín Santiago, a farmer, began carving in the late 1960s and his brother Quirino followed him into the trade soon after.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe figures are made from the wood of the flowering jacaranda tree. After carving the pieces, the artisans paint them with natural aniline dyes. Making the figures requires enormous skill as the artisans work with machetes on small pieces of wood. Quirino and Martín draw inspiration from the world around them. They observe their own livestock such as goats and cows, domestic animals like cats and dogs, and the wild animals they see such as deer and lynx.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuirino and Martín carved the figures in \u003ci\u003eOpuestos\u003c\/i\u003e with help from their brother Placido and his sons Calixto and Eloy, their nephew Maximino Santiago, their cousin Julio Jimenez, and Martin's son Jaime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.09 x 7.47 x 7.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732469715007,"sku":"9781947627680","price":14.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3dd94f3ad1395341274a9feb27e48a2a.webp?v=1765132590","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/opuestos-mexican-folk-art-opposites-in-english-and-spanish-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}