Mac Gonegal’s Zoo is an alphabet book illustrated with Oaxacan “animalitos”, gaily colored, wildly imaginative and fanciful woodcarvings from the folk art collection of the author.
The book begins with “A for Armadillo” and ends with “Z for Zebra”, in a zoo the likes of which has never been seen before!
Keywords:
Mexico
Folk Art
Zoo
alphabet
Oaxaca
wood carvings
animalito
patterns
stripes
dots
hexagon
Armadillo
Bull
Crab
Deer
Eagle
Frog
Gorilla
Horse
Impala
Jack Rabbit
Kangaroo
Lion
Moose
Newt
Opossum
Porcupine
Quetzal
Rhinoceros
Skunk
Turtle
Unicorn
Vicuna
Walrus
X-Ray
Horse
Yak
Zebra
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Susan Striker is an award-winning master art educator and best-selling author of the Anti-Coloring Book® series, with over one million books in print all over the world. Designed to stimulate creativity and encourage problem solving and critical thinking, the books help children draw their own pictures as well as their own conclusions about life. Sue also wrote important books on creativity for parents and educators, including Please Touch® and Young at Art® Susan Striker now shares her innovative teaching ideas in workshops for parents and teachers in schools and universities all over the country.
Please Touch®(Simon & Schuster) teaches parents and educators how to stimulate creativity through movement, music, art and play. Young at Art® (Henry Holt) is a comprehensive text about the value and significance of early childhood art. That book clearly demonstrates the important link between early scribbles and later literacy.