Cynthia Weill's Books
Oct.01.2012
Count Me In! uses the figurative ceramics of Mexican ceramists: Guillermina, Josefina, Irene and Concepcion Aguilar to teach children their numbers. Figures representing an annual parade in the State of Oaxaca march across the pages. Children learn about an important cultural festival as well as gain exposure to the humorous ceramics of Mexico's most important female artisans...
Sep.01.2011
Opuestos teaches young children the opposites in Spanish and English. It uses the charming animal wood carvings of brothers Martin and Quirino Santiago of Oaxaca, Mexico as its illustration.
Jun.01.2011
Colores de la Vida introduces young children to color vocabulary in Spanish and English. Each page has a separate group or groupings of animals. Some of the animals appear to be engaged in conversation making fantasy dialogue for young children possible. The book also features many of Oaxaca Mexico’s most treasured art forms. There are figures in red clay...
Sep.01.2007
Seemingly the typical alphabet book with large type, this volume stands out for its artwork: gorgeous animal wood sculptures created in Oaxaca. Every letter is illustrated with a full-page photograph of a colorful hand-carved animal whose name either begins with or includes that letter.
Weill displays the English and Spanish names below the image and include...
Sep.01.2003
Ten Mice for Tet illustrates a mouse family's preparations for the Vietnamese New Year. Each page of this work was hand embroidered by master artisan, Pham Viet Dinh, in the village of Quat Dong. Quat Dong is a village outside of Ha Noi. It is the town where the art of embroidery began in Vietnam and remains an artistic center today.
This book received numerous...
About Cynthia
I am a writer of multicultural children's books. For the illustrations of my work, I always collaborate with an artist or artisan from a developing nation. Thus far, I have published four books. I have commitments for three more. These books...