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Amazing Maya Inventions You Can Build Yourself
• Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt
• EXPLORATION
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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With 25 hands-on projects, kids will learn about the Maya civilization and its remarkable culture and innovations. Includes activities on maya hieroglyphs, numbering systems, and astronomy.
(MYA52, $14.95)
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Ancient Aztec & Mayan Civilizations, Cultural Atlas For Young People
• Marion Wood
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A fact-filled look at the history, geography and society of two of the major cultures of pre-Columbian Central America.
(CAM125, $35.00)
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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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The Corn Grows Ripe
• Dorothy Rhoads
• Jean Charlot
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A coming-of-age tale set in modern-day Yucatan that draws on Myan lore and tradition. Tigre, a 12-year-old boy, must sow and harvest the crops to support his family and appease the gods after his father is injured.
(MYA35, $4.99)
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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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Mystery of the Maya: Uncovering the Lost City of Palenque
• Peter Laurie
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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One in a series of tales of ancient civilizations and modern archaeology by Peter Laurie for middle school readers. With color photographs of Palenque, the surrounding jungle habitat and modern-day Maya.
(MYA41, $11.95)
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Popol Vuh
• Victor Montejo
• Luis Garay
• David Unger
• RELIGION
• FAMILY
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A wonderful re-telling of this Maya sacred text, sensitively illustrated. Children will thrill to the tale of the fateful ball game between the underworld gods and the Hero Twins, and parents will appreciate the inclusion of some commentary on Spanish imperialism.
(MYA28, $19.95)
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Usborne Flashcard Spanish
• Jo Litchfield
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A standard playing card-size deck of 50 nicely illustrated flashcards geared for younger children. Each card features a colorful illustration with the Spanish word on the reverse.
(GEN203, $8.99)
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