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Abracadabra : Mexican toys / Gutierre Aceves, Raúl Aceves, Rubén Páez

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Aceves Piña, Gutierre

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico : Amaroma Ediciones, c2002Description: 119 p. : illus. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780890134238

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DDC classification:

LAS 790.13 ACE 22

Summary: In Mexico toy-making continues to be one of the most fascinating of traditional arts. For those artisans who dedicate themselves to the creation of toys, work and play are a single process. In the colorful toys they produce, we see the fantasy, wit, and imagination of artists who play while they work. Abracadabra features over one hundred colorful toys made throughout Mexico, including carved and painted wooden figures, clay miniatures, pinwheels, rocking horses, and stick puppets. Among the materials used are recycled cardboard, chewing gum, tin and wire, tree bark, and mud.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	LAS 790.13 ACE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	non fiction		025846

In Mexico toy-making continues to be one of the most fascinating of traditional arts. For those artisans who dedicate themselves to the creation of toys, work and play are a single process. In the colorful toys they produce, we see the fantasy, wit, and imagination of artists who play while they work. Abracadabra features over one hundred colorful toys made throughout Mexico, including carved and painted wooden figures, clay miniatures, pinwheels, rocking horses, and stick puppets. Among the materials used are recycled cardboard, chewing gum, tin and wire, tree bark, and mud.

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