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

"Playful ceramics enact a traditional Mexican festival parade, from uno to diez. "iAqui viene el desfile! / iCuenta 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

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 Concepcion 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 Dona 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.