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Hands of the Maya, Villagers at Work and Play
• Rachel Crandell
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A colorful photo-essay about modern Maya life. This short book introduces the modern Maya to very young readers through close-up photographs of Maya hands at work. Ages 4-8.
(MYA34, $17.95)
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The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Exploring the Rainforest Canopy
• Kathryn Lasky
• Christopher Knight
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A tropical botanist and her sons climb among the ropes and walkways of a rainforest canopy in this photographic tour of Central American wildlife. For ages 9-12.
(FST04, $9.00)
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Tikal, The Center of the Maya World
• Elizabeth Mann
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A survey of the art, archaeology and civilization of Tikal and the Maya for middle schoolers.
(MYA38, $19.95)
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The Captive
• Scott O'Dell
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A tough young-adult novel about the Spanish enslavement of the Maya, complicated and compelling. As Maya villages throughout Central America submit to Spanish might, a young Jesuit missionary struggles with his own ambition -- and with his growing suspicion that he, too, is a willing oppressor.
(MYA27, $17.00)
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Jungle (Eyewitness Books)
• Theresa Greenaway
• Geoff Dann
• NATURAL HISTORY
• FAMILY
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Certainly the most eye-popping of the children's books on the rainforest, this Eyewitness Book covers all manner of rainforest life. Geared for ages 9-12.
(FST06, $16.99)
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Popol Vuh
• Victor Montejo
• Luis Garay
• David Unger
• RELIGION
• FAMILY
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Children will thrill to the tale of the fateful ball game between the underworld gods and the Hero Twins (and parents will appreciate the commentary on the conquering Spaniards) in this marvelous retelling of the sacred Maya text.
(MYA28, $19.95)
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