De Colores: The Raza Experience for Children in Books
The most thorough and well-researched review of my books. ![]() Cynthia Weill in Oaxaca, Mexico
![]() My newest work, Animal Talk (Cinco Puntos 2016). Gorgeous carvings by Rubí Fuentes and Efraín Broa of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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![]() Count me in! A counting book with figurative ceramics by the world famous Aguilar sisters!
![]() Mi Familia Calaca/My Skeleton Family. Stunning paper mache calacas by award winning artist, Jesus Canseco Zarate.
![]() Colores de la Vida uses work from wood, tin, ceramic and papier-mache artisans. Many of the artisans are considered, "Great Master of Mexican Folk Art."
![]() Each piece in this alphabet book was hand carved by the Jiménez family of Oaxaca, Mexico
![]() Original embroidered cover and book jacket of Ten Mice for Tet. Each page of the book was hand sewn by a family of embroiderers in Quat Dong, Vietnam.
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Welcome!My books use folk arts from around the world to illustrate basic concepts for children. The current series employs handicrafts commissioned from artisans in Oaxaca, Mexico to teach children the alphabet, opposites, colors, numbers, jobs and animal sounds in Spanish and English.
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