Animal Amigos!: Artsy Creatures in English y Español

by Madeleine Budnick

Overview

With ArteKids, children discover the world of art and learn English and Spanish at the same time. Introduce your child to the fundamentals of animal life by connecting them to the world of art in a unique, fun, and colorful way. The book incorporates artwork found in the collections of the San Antonio Museum of Art with phrases and words in English and Spanish to make bilingual learning and art exciting for eager young learners and their teachers and parents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781595341525
Publisher:	Trinity University Press
Publication date:	07/09/2013
Series:	ArteKids
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

In this engaging addition to the bilingual ArteKids series of books, children are introduced to animals that appear in a variety of artwork from the San Antonio Museum of Art. The animals’ names appear in both English and Spanish, as do reader-directed questions and prompts: “Why are the monkeys hiding in the rocks?” asks the text about an image on a six-panel screen from Edo period Japan (the answer may involve the fierce-looking eagle perched on a branch a few panels over). An animal parade of Mexican earthenware figurines wraps up the festivities, and endnotes provides details about the featured artwork. Up to age 5. (July)

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