Traditional Crafts from Mexico and Central America (Culture Crafts)

Temko, Florence

ISBN 10: 0822529351 ISBN 13: 9780822529354

Publisher: Lerner Pub Group, 1996

Synopsis

Provides instructions on how to make traditional Mexican and Central American crafts such as metal ornaments, tissue paper banners, and Guatemalan worry dolls

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Gr 3 Up-One of the better titles in support of a multicultural curriculum, this series entry gives a very brief background of the area, and then provides directions for making eight traditional crafts. The felt appliques intended to bring to mind the reverse applique work of the Cuna Indians is the only craft duplicated in other books on Latin American crafts, and it is the least evocative of the actual work. The directions and pictures are clear and enticing; there are full-color photographs of the completed projects as well as of the original handiwork that inspired them. A list of supplies needed precedes each project, and each one is followed by suggestions for additional activities. A list for further reading of fiction and nonfiction titles about Mexico and Central America, all quite recent, is included. Judith Corwin's Latin American and Caribbean Crafts (Watts, 1992) has 10 crafts and 5 recipes, but it lacks the color photos, and the crafts are generally further removed from their ethnic originals. Jeremy Comins's Latin American Crafts and Their Cultural Backgrounds (Lothrop, 1974; o.p.) has more detail and more challenging projects but looks less appealing. Anita Ganeri and Rachel Wright's Mexico (Watts, 1994) is attractive and has quite a bit of cultural information but only two recipes, two craft projects, and a Spanish vocabulary game.-Pam Gosner, formerly at Maplewood Memorial Library, NJ

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About this edition

• Publisher: Lerner Pub Group
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0822529351
• ISBN 13: 9780822529354
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 63
• Illustrator: Gooch Randall, Wolfe Robert L., Wolfe Diane