Black and Blanco!: Engaging Art 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 contrasting colors while 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:	9781595341549
Publisher:	Trinity University Press
Publication date:	07/09/2013
Series:	Arte Kids Books Series
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.50(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

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