{"id":4442,"date":"2017-09-13T07:49:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T13:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4442"},"modified":"2017-09-13T07:51:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T13:51:06","slug":"the-wood-sculptures-of-moises-and-armando-jimenez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4442","title":{"rendered":"The Wood Sculptures of Mois\u00e9s and Armando Jim\u00e9nez"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nI’ve got some board book art here at 7-Imp today, though it didn’t begin its life as board book art. It was once a picture book (published in 2007), but the publisher, Cinco Puntos Press, has adapted this to the board book format — and they released it earlier this year. ABeCedarios: Mexican Folk Art ABCs in English and Spanish<\/em> is by Cynthia Weill<\/a><\/strong> and K. B. Basseches<\/a><\/strong>, and it features the wood sculptures, some of which I’m showcasing here today, of a Oaxacan family of artists, Mois\u00e9s and Armando Jim\u00e9nez<\/a><\/strong>. (This was the first book in Weill’s First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art series<\/strong><\/a>.) <\/p>\n

There’s no shortage of ABC books in the field of children’s literature, but this one stands out on shelves, given the vibrantly sculpted hand-carved figures on each page. The book goes from A to Z, featuring animals with names whose initial letters range from A to Z — from the armadillo, pictured below, to the zedonk (a cross between a donkey and a zebra, of all the things). Each brightly-colored page features the English and Spanish name for each creature, and some pages include notes on the letters themselves. For instance, “Ll is no longer a letter in the Spanish alphabet, but the sound is still in use.” (Way to go, llama.)<\/p>\n

I’m taken by these sculptures. Here a few more. <\/p>\n

Enjoy!
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\nNote to Educators: Evidently, the publisher is offering “very steep discounts” to literacy programs and non-profits for quantity purchases of these books. <\/p>\n

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ABECEDARIOS: MEXICAN FOLK ART ABCS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. Copyright \u00a9 2007 by Cynthia Weill and K. B. Basseches. Illustrations used by permission of the publisher, Cinco Puntos Press.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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