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Animal Talk: Mexican Folk Art Animal Sounds in English and Spanish
32 pp.
| Cinco |
April, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-1-941026-32-8$14.95
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Wood sculptures by Rubí Fuentes and Efraín Broa. "Bees say BZZZ BZZZ. Can you? / Las abejas dicen ZUM ZUM. ¿Puedes tú?" Each double-page spread of this bilingual animal-sounds book features traditional painted Oaxacan wood carvings of animals set against brightly colored pages. The textured backgrounds, small square shape, and traditional page borders will all catch young readers' attention and further invite them to play with language.