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by Madeleine Budnick (Author), San Antonio Museum of Art (Cover Design by)
What better way to learn how to count than with eye-catching works of art? From fanciful folk Mexican puppets, Egyptian eyes, and lively masks to golden antiquities, Olmec era sculpture, and European paintings, children will become armchair world travelers while being introduced to the world of art and learning how to count from one to ten. This bilingual edition also introduces children at a young age to both English and Spanish.
The first in the series of bilingual board books called Arte Kids that also includes Hello Círculos! (an artistic exploration of shapes) and Colores Everywhere! (featuring colors in the arts). Art for all the Arte Kids books was selected from the collection of the San Antonio Museum of Art, one of the leading art museums in the United States with a collection spanning a broad range of history and world cultures. Winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award Gold Medal (best board book)Winner of the International Latino Book Awards (best educational children's bilingual book, 2nd place)
Winner of the Foreword Magazine Best Children's Book Award (picture books, finalist)
Author Biography
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.
