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Children's Books on Mayan Culture, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Latin America                             to  Books on Textiles

We've had fun tracking down and reviewing children's books on Guatemala, Mexico, Central America and the Mayan Experience.  We hope you and yours enjoy too! 
   indicates some of our favorite books for introducing children to the Mayan culture. If you have a favorite we don't list, please let us know about it so we can share it with others.  Also if you or your child want to add your review to ours - please email us at Lynn@terraexperience.com and we will add it to our web site description of the book.

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Name and Author
 
(listed alphabetically by author)
Price
(new unless indicated otherwise)
Aliki_Corn is Maize, The Gift of the Indians.jpg (125763 bytes)

³Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians; Aliki (1976) 

 more...

$4.95 (paperback )

 

2807.JPG (81853 bytes)  ³Un Barrilete:  Para el Dia De Los Muertos, Elisa Amado and Joya Hairs, Paperback in Spanish only,  30 pp (1999) $7.00
(paperback in Spanish)

250e.JPG (344591 bytes) ³Barrilete:  A Kite for the Day of the Dead, Elisa Amado and Joya Hairs, Hardback in English only; 30 pp (1999) ---  out of print $35.00 (hardback)
out of stock
25c1.JPG (209182 bytes) ³Mayeros: A Yucatec Maya Family; George Ancona (1997) $14.00
(hardback
)
2eee.JPG (131533 bytes) ³Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead; George Ancona (1993) $16.00 
(new hardback, 
may have remainder mark
)
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³Artes Y Artesanias Mayas de Guatemala/Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala; Marilyn Anderson     more.

$6.00
(paperback)
 
2d83.JPG (107963 bytes) ³Children of the Maya, A Guatemala Indian Odyssey; Brent Ashabranner and Paul Conklin (photos);  (1986)
---  out of print
$24.00
 
(hardback, used good condition, ex-lib) 
Bierhorst, John_The Monkey's Haircut and other stories told by the Maya.JPG (20559 bytes)

³The Monkey's Haircut and other Stories Told by the Maya; Bierhorst, John (ed) and Robert A. Parker, Illustrator (1986)   --- out of print

more.

$15.00
(
hardback, used in good condition, some ex-lib)
2628.JPG (47076 bytes) Enchantment of the World: Guatemala;  Marlene Targ Brill and Harry Targ;  (1993) ---  out of print $16.00  (hardback, used good condition, ex-lib) 

Buntin, Eve_Going Home.JPG (51053 bytes)

³Going Home; Eve Bunting; David Diaz, Illustrator (1996)

more

$10.00 (hardback) 
2d97.JPG (105179 bytes) ³The Most Beautiful Place in the World; Ann Cameron;  (1988) $12.40 (hardback)
2d93.JPG (142766 bytes) ³Imagining Isabel, Omar S. Castaneda, 200 pp (1995) ---  out of print $18.00
(hardback)
  
196e.JPG (205599 bytes) ³Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Mexico City; Steve Cory and Ray Webb, illustrations (1999)   $24.00
(hardback
)
11a8.JPG (319964 bytes) ³Technology in the Time of the Maya; Judith Crosher; Wayland Publishers Ltd. East Sussex BN,  (1997)   $25.00
(hardback
)
Cummins, Ronnie and Rose Welch (photo)_Children of the World, Guatemala.jpg (80202 bytes)

 ³Children of the World: Guatemala; Ronnie Cummins and Rose Welch (1990) ---  out of print

  more.

$18.00  (hardback) 

11b1.JPG (166202 bytes) ³Children of the World: Nicaragua; Ronnie Cummins and Rose Welch (photos); Gareth Stevens Children's Books, London and Milwaukee (1990)   $16.00 
(hardback
)
Czernecki, Stefan and Timothy Rhodes_Pancho's Pinata.JPG (37202 bytes)

³Pancho’s Piñata,  Stefan Czernecki and Timothy Rhodes (1992)

more


 (hardback)
out of stock
Czernecki, Stefan and Timothy Rhodes_The Sleeping Bread.JPG (77433 bytes)

³ The Sleeping Bread, Stefan Czernecki and Timothy Rhodes (1992) 

more

$14.95 (hardback)
DePaola, Tomie_The Legend of the Poinsettia.jpg (88612 bytes)

³The Legend of the Poinsettia; retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola (1994)  

more

$4.95 (paperback) 
out of stock
11ac.JPG (358872 bytes) ³The Mouse Bride:  A Mayan Folk Tale; Judith Dupre and Fabricio VandenBroeck (illust), hardback (1993) $15.00
(like new hardback)
   

1bd.JPG (354335 bytes) ³Un Poco deTodo Sobre El Tejido Maya: Actividades para ninos; Fabiana flores de Saenze and Dulce Maria Gonzalex de Garcia, Illustrator (1999)

more

$7.00 (paperback)

out of stock

1983.JPG (120729 bytes) ³Una Historia Que Contar; Fabiana flores de Saenze  and Dulce Maria Gonzalex de Garcia, Illustrator (2001)

$6.00 (paperback)

1981.JPG (110929 bytes) ³Una cinta que vuela; Fabiana flores de Saenze  (2001)

$6.00 (paperback)

2d85.JPG (324308 bytes) ³The Tropical Dry Forest and Sea Turtle Beaches of Nicaragua's Pacific Coast: El Bosque Tropical Seco y Los Tortugueros de la Costa del Pacifico de Nicaragua, Jane Furchgott and Dr. Robert Horwich, bilingual paperback coloring book, 52 pp (2002) $12.00
(coloring book paperback)
   
Gollub, Matthew and Leovigildo Martinez (Illust.)_The Twenty-five Mixtec Cats.jpg (126188 bytes)

³Twenty-Five Mixtec Cats; Matthew Gollub and Leovigildo Martinez (1993)

more

$13.95
 
(hardback with remainder mark)

Grifalconi, Ann_The Bravest Flute, a Story of Courage in the Mayan Tradition.jpg (56785 bytes)

³The Bravest Flute: A Story of Courage in the Mayan Tradition; Ann Grifalconi (1994)

more

 $15.95 (lightly used hardback) 

out of stock

25c9.JPG (136242 bytes) ³A Life of Their Own: An Indian Family in Latin America; Aylette Jenness and Lisa Kroeber (1979) ---  out of print
 
$18.00  (hardback, used good-very good condition, may be ex-lib) 

Kimmel, Eric A.and Fabricio Vanden Broeck (illust)_The Witch's Face, A Mexican Tale.jpg (139198 bytes)

³The Witch’s Face: A Mexican Tale; adapted by Eric A Kimmel and and Fabricio Vanden Broeck, illustrator (1993)

more

$15.95 (hardback)

 

 
Krupp, Robin Rector_Let's Go Traveling in Mexico.jpg (152592 bytes)

³Let’s Go Traveling in Mexico; Robin Rector Krupp (1996)

more

$16.00 (hardback)

 
Macdonald, Fiona_Step into the Aztec & Maya Worlds.JPG (84907 bytes)

³Step into the Aztec & Maya Worlds, Fiona Macdonald (1998)  

 more   

$12.95 (hardback)

 

2d8b.JPG (153420 bytes) ³A Guatemalan Family, Michael Malone,  Minneapolis, MN (1996)
---  out of print
$25.00
(hardback)

 

11a7.JPG (170642 bytes) ³Land of the Five Suns: Looking at Aztec Myths and Legends, Kay McManus (1996)   $12.50 (hardback)

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³The Race of Toad and Deer; Retold by Pat Mora and Maya Itzna Brooks, Illustrator (1995)

$14.95
(hardback)
 
11af.JPG (367023 bytes) ³Technology in the Time of the Aztecs; Nina Morgan; Wayland Publishers Ltd. East Sussex BN,  (1997)   $25.00
(hardback
)
1968.JPG (132117 bytes) ³My Name is Ana Maria...And I Live In Guatemala; Judith Oltrogge (1992)

more 

$6.00 (paperback with some water damage, priced accordingly)
sorry - sold out!
Orozco, Jose-Luis and Elisa Kleven (Illus)_De Clores and OTher Latin-American Folk Songs for Children.JPG (98658 bytes) ³De Colores and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Children; Jose-Luis Orozco, Elisa Kleven. illustrator (1994)  bilingual more   $16.99 (hardback) 
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw and Neil Waldman_Quetzal Sacred Bird of the Cloud Forest.JPG (54065 bytes)

³Quetzal: Sacred Bird of the Cloud Forest; Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and Neil Walkman, Illustrator  (1996)

more

$16.00
(hardback)
 

Presilla, Maricele E. and Gloria Soto_Live Around the Lake, Embroideries by the Women of Lake Patzcuaro.jpg (148548 bytes)

³Life Around the Lake; Maricel E. Presilla and Gloria Soto (1997)

more  

$10.00 (hardback)

 

The corn grows ripe - paperback.JPG (33768 bytes)

³The Corn Grow Ripe;   Dorothy Rhoads and Jean Charlot (1993)
more
  

$4.99 (paperback)
 
Riecken, Nancy and Catherine Stock (Illust)_Today is the Day.jpg (133124 bytes)

³Today is the Day, Nancy Riecken and Catherine Stock (1996 )

more

$14.95 (hardback) 
2ee4.JPG (70999 bytes) ³Trouble Dolls, Suzanne Simons, NY, NY, 64 pages (2000)    $10.00
(paperback with dolls)
sorry sold out

2ee8.JPG (102959 bytes)

--- small paperback with set of trouble dolls!!!  
Foxx, Jeffrey,_Angela Weaves a Dream_The story of a Young Maya Artist.JPG (28092 bytes)

³Angela Weaves a Dream: the Story of a Young Mayan Artist; Michele Sola (text) and Jeffrey Jay Foxx (photographs) (1997)  
more

  $14.95 (hardback)
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³The Little Seven-Colored Horse: A Spanish American Folktale; Robert D. San Souci and Jan Thompson Dicks, illustrator (1995)  

  $14.95 (hardback)
2511.JPG (216469 bytes) ³Rain Player; David Wisniewki; Clarion Books/Houghton Miffllin, New York, NY; 30 pp Cut paper illustrations by author of traditonal Mayan tale (1991) $7.50 (hardback)