Count Me In: A Parade of Mexican Folk Art Numbers in English and Spanish (First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art) - Hardcover

Weill, Cynthia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 193595539X ISBN 13: 9781935955399

Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press, 2012

Synopsis

Practice your numbers in English and Spanish when you count the beautiful dancers, playful musicians, and happy children of Oaxaca as the Guelaguetza parade goes by! Pronounced Gal-a-get-zah, the lively celebration—full of traditional dancing and music—takes place every July deep in the heart of southern Mexico. ONE band leader with a big white balloon! DOS hombres with firecrackers! THREE musicians! FOUR giants! All exquisitely handcrafted by the Mexican folk art masters Guillermina, Josefina, Irene, and Concepción Aguilar, in collaboration with author and scholar Cynthia Weill. Bienvenidos! Welcome to the parade!

Cynthia Weill is a professor and mentor to teachers at Columbia University's Teachers College. She also owns a non-profit—Aid to Women Artisans—that promotes the craftwork of artisans from developing countries. Count Me In is her fourth book in the First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art Series.

The Aguilar Sisters are Mexico's most beloved artisans. They learned how to make clay figurines from their mother Doña Isaura. These lively independent women are considered great masters of Mexican folk art and have been visited by Queen Elizabeth, Queen Sofia of Spain, various Mexican presidents, and Nelson Rockefeller. Their humorous ceramics of the people of their town and state are in museum collections the world over.

About this title

About the Author:

Cynthia Weill holds a doctorate in education from Teachers College Columbia University. She is on the board of a foundation Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art that seeks to promote and preserve the artists and artisanal work of the state. Count Me In is the fourth book in her First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art Series.

The Aguilar Sisters are Mexico’s most beloved artisans. They learned how to make clay figurines from their mother, Isaura Álcantara Diaz. These lively independent women are considered great masters of Mexican folk art and have been presented to Queen Elizabeth, Queen Sofia of Spain, various Mexican presidents and Nelson Rockefeller. Their humorous ceramics of the people of their town and state are in museum collections the world over.

The collection of parade figures from Count Me In was acquired by the Field Museum in Chicago for its permanent collection. Notes and photographs based on the process of developing the figures are in the archives of that museum as well as in those of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut.

Review:

"Playful ceramics enact a traditional Mexican festival parade, from uno to diez. íAquí viene el desfile! / íCuenta conmigo!” With this buoyant invitation, readers are ushered into the traditional Oaxacan festival of Guelaguetza there’s no denying the effervescence of the event. The Aguilar sisters’ work appears in museums all over the world, and this book marks their first collaboration. This peek into Mexico’s art and traditions is certainly one of the most joyous [children will] encounter." Kirkus Reviews

"Weill returns with another joyous celebration of Mexican folk art, piggybacked here on a counting book theme." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Book

"[A] fine bilingual counting book beautiful, creative, and sometimes whimsical. School Library Journal

"[A] fine pick for those trying to teach multilingual learners counting and language." Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 193595539X
• ISBN 13: 9781935955399
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: The Aguilar Sisters