Hello, Círculos!: Shapes in English and Spanish

by Madeleine Budnick

Overview

What better way to learn shapes than with eye-catching works of art? With art from across Latin America and beyond, children will become armchair world travelers and art connoisseurs. This bilingual edition introduces early readers, and even earlier listeners, to shapes in both English and Spanish.

One in a series of bilingual board books called Arte Kids that also includes 1, 2, 3, Si! (an artistic exploration of numbers) and Colores Everywhere! (featuring colors in the arts).

Art for this book 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781595341402
Publisher:	Trinity University Press
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Series:	Arte Kids Books Series
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	6.94(w) x 6.86(h) x 0.56(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 4 Years

About the Author

The San Antonio Museum of Art dates its history to 1925. Located in the former Lone Star Brewery complex, its collections position it as one of the preeminent city museums in the nation.

Editorial Reviews

"The art choices are really quite stunning and will engage young readers. . . . The breathtaking works of art give youngsters much to pore over."”— Kirkus Reviews

“As did the earlier publication 1, 2, 3, Sí! (2011), these two bilingual concept books bring works of art from the San Antonio Museum of Art’s collection to a young audience.”— Horn Book

From the Publisher

The San Antonio Museum of Art, the San Antonio Public Library Foundation and Trinity University Press team up to produce a bilingual Spanish and English ode to color and art. Each single- or double-page spread features one shape and spotlights various works from the museum's collection of contemporary, 20th-century, traditional and folk art from around the world. The text, in an unnecessarily small font, engages readers with simple questions about the shape and art in question. A bold, bilingual heading paired with a dotted-outline image announces the shape. Most of the art choices are really quite stunning and will engage young readers, such as a detail from the Frank Stella painting Double Scramble for the "square" page and a folk sculpture of a sun from Metepec, Mexico, as an example of a circle. Unfortunately, the layout of some spreads is overly busy and may make it hard for youngsters to appreciate the art and the shape in question. The "star" page presents some wonderful images squeezed on one page that would have been better served on two. The sister title, Colores Everywhere, has similar strengths and problems. The final spread of each title shows thumbnails of the artwork from the previous pages and lists the artists and their media. The series works better to encourage art appreciation than as an introduction to shapes and colors. Despite the flaws in layout and design in both books, the breathtaking works of art give youngsters much to pore over. (Board book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews