Black and Blanco!: Engaging Art in English y Español

by Madeleine Budnick

Overview

What better way to be introduced to the contrasting interplay between black and white than with eye-catching works of art. This bi-lingual edition also introduces children at a young age to both English and Spanish.

Art for this book was selected from the collection of the San Antonio Museum of Art, one of the leading art museums in the United States with a collection spanning a broad range of history and world cultures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781595341556
Publisher:	Trinity University Press
Publication date:	06/11/2013
Series:	Arte Kids Books Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	16
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

This book is a partnership between the San Antonio Museum of Art, the San Antonio Public Library Foundation, and Trinity University Press. All organizations are located in San Antonio, TX.
Madeleine Budnick is the author, series editor, and designer of the ArteKids books. Budnick got her start designing books twenty-plus years ago and has of late been getting involved in written content as well. She brings to the series a passion for the arts (she holds a degree in art history and drawing) and a commitment to creating books that aim to inspire and enrich a child’s world. In addition, she is deeply committed to language education and celebrating cultural richness. Her two young daughters—who knowingly and unknowingly act as consultants on the project—are in a language immersion school. Creating books that combine all these interests makes Budnick's work for ArteKids as much like play as the law allows. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
The San Antonio Museum of Art dates its history to 1925. Located in the former Lone Star Brewery complex, its collections position it as one of the preeminent city museums in the nation.

Editorial Reviews

Children and adults will find much to savor in these titles—so much, in fact, that they may even be inspired to connect with their inner Picassos.” — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2013-09-01
The San Antonio Museum of Art, the San Antonio Public Library Foundation and Trinity University Press come together to showcase some of the museum's most interesting art in this bilingual--English and Spanish--offering. Building upon the success of previous collaborations--1, 2, 3, Si!: A Numbers Book in English and Spanish (2011), Colores Everywhere!: Colors in English and Spanish (2012) and Hello, Circulos!: Shapes in English and Spanish (2012)--the minds behind this newest offering keep doing what works. They provide clear, crisp images of visually appealing works of art along with simple text in English and Spanish. The final pages offer more detail about the origins and ownership of the featured pieces. Although the art selections are intriguing, this outing suffers a tiny bit for lack of a coherent theme; it is an unabashedly varied collection of (mostly) black-and-white art with text on each page that attempts to engage young readers with the images while making no connections to what comes before or after. A companion volume, Animal Amigos (978-1-59534-154-9), has a clearer focus. Nevertheless, both children and adults will find much to savor in these titles--so much, in fact, that they may even be inspired to connect with their inner Picassos. Though the title as a whole feels a bit disjointed, the stunning images alone make it worth a look or two (or 20). (Board book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews