The Piñata Maker / El Piñatero (Bilingual Edition) - Hardcover

Ancona, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152618759 ISBN 13: 9780152618759

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1994

Synopsis

Told in both English and Spanish, a photoessay records the life of seventy-year-old Tio Rico, the beloved pin+a1ata maker of a southern Mexican village, in a book that also include instructions on making pin+a1atas at home.

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About the Author

George Ancona's photography has appeared in over sixty books for children, many of which he wrote and illustrated. His work has earned numerous honors, including a 1987 New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Award and the New York Academy of Science Award. The highly acclaimed American Family Farm, an ALA Notable Book, was the first book he illustrated for Harcourt Brace.
 

Reviews

In lucid color photos and a simple bilingual text, the work of 77-year-old Don Ricardo (``Tio Rico''), a Mexican craftsman who ``started creating pi¤atas fifteen years ago when...making felt sombreros became too hard for him.'' Beginning with a small boy delivering some of Tio Rico's materials (old newpapers and paper bags), Ancona leads into a detailed depiction of making of an unusual swan pi¤ata. Forming a shape of cardboard and banana leaves, incorporating a clay pot, and applying decorative covering are all explained so clearly--in both the text and the admirable photos--that readers will be able to follow up by making their own pi¤atas (Ancona also offers some alternative construction methods). Creating a couple of other shapes and a party where one of them meets its intended end round out an attractive presentation. (Nonfiction. 7-10) -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152618759
• ISBN 13: 9780152618759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40