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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.
Indicates a used book that is looking for a new home.
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Name and Author
(listed
alphabetically by author)
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Price
(new unless indicated otherwise) |
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³Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians;
Aliki (1976)
5 oz
more...
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$4.95
(new paperback )
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³Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of
the Dead, Elisa Amado and Joya Hairs,
Hardback in English only; 30 pp (1999) ---
11 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$25.00
(new hardback)
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³Un
Barrilete:
Para el Dia De Los Muertos, Elisa
Amado and Joya Hairs, Hardback 30 pp (1999)
11 oz
in Spanish only, |
$25.00
(used hardback)
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³Mayeros:
A Yucatec Maya Family; George Ancona
(1997) 16 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$14.00
(new hardback)
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³Pablo
Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead; George Ancona (1993)
14 oz |
$16.00
(new hardback,
may have remainder mark)
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³The
Piñata Maker/El Piñatero, George Ancona (1994) |
$15.00
(used hardback) |
$7.50
(like new paperback) |
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1 - Artes
Y Artesanias Mayas de Guatemala/Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala;
Marilyn Anderson
more. This
8" x 11" is a great size for kids to color
5
oz
This version is in Spanish &
English
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$6.00
(new paperback)
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2 - Artes
Y Artesanias Mayas de Guatemala/Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala;
Marilyn Anderson
Large size 11" x 16.5" - Wonderful for classroom and displays
9
oz
This version is in Spanish &
English |
$15.00
(new large paperback)
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3 - Artes
Y Artesanias Mayas de Guatemala;
Marilyn Anderson . This 8" x 11" is a great size for kids to color.
9 oz
This
version is in Spanish & 8 Mayan Languages (Achi, Kaqchikel, K'che',
Popti', Poqomam, Q'anjob'al, Q'eqchi', Tz'utujil) !!!
Please help us ! (Terra
Experience in cooperation with Marilyn Anderson's Pro Arte Maya)
make this coloring book available to Mayan students in Guatemalan
schools. If you pay $15.00 for a book for yourself - we will also
be give a Mayan school or student a copy of this coloring book as well. |
Just republished in 2009!!!
$11.00
(new paperback)
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or Buy 2
$15.00
(one
for you and one we will donate to a school or Mayan Student in Guatemala) |
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³Children of the
Maya, A Guatemala Indian Odyssey; Brent Ashabranner and Paul Conklin
(photos); (1986) --- 14 oz
out of print
(limited quantities available)
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$24.00
(hardback, used good
condition, ex-lib)
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³Aztec
Inca & Maya;
Baquedano, Elizabeth and Michel Zabe (Photos) (1993) Eyewitness Books 19
oz
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$19.50
(new hardback)
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³Antologia
de La Literatura Para Ninos de Guatemala, Ethel Batres and
Irene Piedra Santa (2003) 11 oz |
$14.95
(new paperback)
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³The Monkey's
Haircut and other Stories Told by the Maya;
Bierhorst, John (ed) and
Robert A. Parker, Illustrator (1986) --- 19 oz
more.
out of
print (available in limited quantities)
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$15.00
(hardback, used in good condition, some
ex-lib)
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Enchantment of
the World: Guatemala; Marlene Targ Brill and Harry Targ; (1993) --- 21
oz (note: used book in good to acceptable condition,
ex-library copies with usual markings and that people liked and checked
out, cover corners may be worn but internal pages are clean and very
readable) |
(hardback, used ex-lib)
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³Going
Home; Eve Bunting; David Diaz,
Illustrator (1996)
14 oz more
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$10.00
(new hardback)
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³The Most
Beautiful Place in the World; Ann Cameron; (1988)
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$12.00
(hardback, used ex-lib, good condition) |
$5.00
(paperback, used) |
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³Imagining
Isabel, Omar S. Castaneda, 200 pp (1995)
--- 14 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$18.00
(new hardback)
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³Abuelos
Weave, Omar S. Castaneda, (1993)
--- **
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$15.00
(hardback library binding, used ex-lib, good condition)
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³El
Tapiz de Abuela, Omar S. Castaneda, (1994)
--- *
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$20.00
(hardback, used very good condition)
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³Daily
Life in Ancient and Modern Mexico City;
Steve Cory and Ray Webb, illustrations (1999)
15 oz |
$24.00
(new hardback)
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³Hands
of the Maya: Villagers at Work and Play;
Rachel Crandell (2002) 14
oz |
$16.95
(new hardback)
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³Technology
in the Time of the Maya; Judith Crosher; Wayland Publishers Ltd.
East Sussex BN, (1997) |
$22.50
(new hardback)
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³Children of the World:
Guatemala; Ronnie Cummins and Rose
Welch (1990) ---
12 oz more.
out of
print (available in limited quantities)
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$18.00
(new hardback)
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³Children of the
World: Nicaragua; Ronnie Cummins and Rose Welch (photos); Gareth
Stevens Children's Books, London and Milwaukee (1990)
12 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$16.00
(new hardback)
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³Pancho’s Piñata,
Stefan Czernecki and Timothy
Rhodes
(1992)
more
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$18.00
(hardback, used ex-lib)
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³ The
Hummingbird's Gift, Stefan Czernecki and Timothy
Rhodes
(1992)
13 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$20.00
(new hardback)
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³ The
Sleeping Bread, Stefan Czernecki and Timothy
Rhodes
(1992)
14 oz
more
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$14.95
(new hardback)
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³The Mouse
Bride: A Mayan Folk Tale; Judith Dupre and Fabricio VandenBroeck
(illust), hardback (1993)
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$15.00
(like new hardback)
sorry sold out
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³Una
Historia Que Contar; Fabiana flores de Saenze
and
Dulce Maria Gonzalex de Garcia,
Illustrator (2001),
In Spanish
---
2 oz |
$6.00
(new paperback)
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³Una
cinta que vuela; Fabiana flores de Saenze
(2001),
In Spanish
---
2 oz |
$6.00
(new paperback)
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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)
---
5 oz
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$12.00
(new paperback)
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³Out
of the Dump: Writings and Photographs by Children from Guatemala,
Kristine L. Franklin & Nancy McGirr (editors) (1995)
---
20 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$25.00
(used hardback, good ex library)
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³Spirit
of the Maya: A Boy Explores His Peoples Mysterious Past,
Guy Garcia, Ted Wood (photography) (1995) ---
17
oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$16.95
(new hardback)
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³People
of Corn: A Mayan Story, Mary-Joan Gerson (Retold by) and Carla
Golembe (Illustrator) (1995) ---
12 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$15.95
(used hardback, good ex lib)
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³Twenty-Five
Mixtec Cats; Matthew Gollub and Leovigildo
Martinez
(1993)
---
13 oz
more
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$13.95
(new hardback with remainder mark)
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³The Bravest Flute: A Story of Courage in the Mayan
Tradition; Ann Grifalconi (1994)
---
13 oz
more
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$12.50
(used hardback, lightly used good to very good)
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$20.00
(new hardback)
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³Teenage
Refuges From Guatemala Speak Out: In Their Own Words,
Gerry Hadden (1997)
---
12 oz
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$15.00
(used hardback, good may be ex lib)
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³Children
of Guatemala: The World's Children:
Jules Hermes (1997) ---
16 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$15.00
(used hardback, good ex library)
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³A Life of Their
Own: An Indian Family in Latin America; Aylette Jenness and Lisa
Kroeber (1979) --- 26 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$18.00
(hardback, used good
condition, may be ex-library)
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³The Witch’s Face: A Mexican Tale; adapted by Eric A
Kimmel and and Fabricio Vanden Broeck, illustrator (1993)
15 oz
more
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$15.95
(new hardback)
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³Let’s
Go Traveling in Mexico; Robin Rector Krupp
(1996)
20
oz
more
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$16.00
(new hardback)
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³Peacemakers:
Rigoberta Menchu,
Caroline Lazo, (1994) |
$15.00
(like new hardback, library binding)
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³Step into the Aztec & Maya Worlds,
Fiona Macdonald (1998) 24
oz more
out of
print (available in limited quantities)
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$12.95
(hardback)
Sorry out of Stock |
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³A
Guatemalan Family: A Journey Between Two Worlds, Michael Malone, Minneapolis, MN (1996)
13 oz
out of print
(limited quantities available)
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$15.00
(like new paperback, may have remainer mark)
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$15.00
(used hardback, good condition, may be x-library)
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³Gracias
Rosa,
Michelle Markel, Diane Paterson (Illustrations) (1995)
12 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$15.95
(used library binding, good condition,
may be x-library)
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³Land
of the Five Suns: Looking at Aztec Myths and Legends,
Kay McManus (1996)
12 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$12.50
(new hardback)
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³The
Race
of Toad and Deer; Retold by Pat Mora and Maya Itzna Brooks,
Illustrator (1995) 14
oz
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$14.95
(new hardback)
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³Technology
in the Time of the Aztecs; Nina Morgan; Wayland Publishers Ltd.
East Sussex BN, (1997) 15
oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$25.00
(new hardback)
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³My
Name is Ana Maria...And I Live In Guatemala; Judith Oltrogge (1992)
more
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$12.00
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³De Colores and Other Latin-American
Folk Songs for Children; Jose-Luis Orozco, Elisa Kleven. illustrator
(1994) bilingual in Spanish & English more
24 oz
out of print
(available in limited quantities)
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$10.00
(new paperback)
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³Quetzal: Sacred Bird of the Cloud Forest; Dorothy Hinshaw
Patent and Neil Walkman, Illustrator
(1996) 14 oz
more
out of
print (available in limited quantities)
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$16.00
(new hardback)
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³Guatemala:
Central America's Living Past;
Lila Perl (1982) |
$10.00
(used hardback, condition good to acceptable,
may be x-lib)
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³Life
Around the Lake;
Maricel E. Presilla and Gloria Soto (1997)
18
oz
more
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$10.00
(new hardback)
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³The
Corn Grow Ripe; Dorothy Rhoads and Jean Charlot (1993)
4 oz
more
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$4.99
(new paperback)
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³Today is the Day,
Nancy Riecken and Catherine Stock (1996 )
14 oz
more
out of
print (available in limited quantities)
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$14.95
(new hardback)
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³Trouble
Dolls, Suzanne Simons, NY, NY, 64 pages (2000)
--- small
paperback with set of trouble dolls!!!
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$10.00
(paperback with dolls)
Sorry sold out |
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³Angela
Weaves a Dream: the Story of a Young Mayan Artist; Michele Sola (text) and Jeffrey Jay Foxx
(photographs) (1997) 14 oz
more
out of print
(limited quantities available)
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$25.00
(new hardback)
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³The
Little Seven-Colored Horse: A Spanish American Folktale;
Robert D. San Souci and Jan Thompson Dicks, illustrator (1995) 16 oz
out of print
(limited quantities available)
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$14.95
(new hardback)
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³Mayan
Weaving, A Living Tradition,
Ann Stalcaup 13
oz |
$21.00
(new hardback)
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³A
Family from Guatemala: Families Around the World,
Julia Waterlow (1998) 14 oz
more
out of print
(limited quantities available)
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$25.00
(new hardback)
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³Rain Player; David
Wisniewki; Clarion Books/Houghton Miffllin, New York, NY; 30 pp Cut paper illustrations
by author of traditional Mayan tale (1991)
14 oz |
$10.00
(new hardback)
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³Beneath the Stone: A Mexican Zapotec Tale; Bernard Wolf (1994)
16 oz
more
out of
print
(limited quantities available)
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$17.00
(new hardback)
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The books below are part of a series on each of 21 ethnic
Mayan groups in Guatemala put out by unicef and the Universidad Fafael
Landivar in Guatemala. The books are in Spanish for Guatemala children in
elementary and middle schools to learn about the ethnic cultures in their
country. Includes color pictures on non-shiny paper. A good
introduction to the culture, history, community life of each of these
groups. Wonderful for Spanish speakers and Spanish classes. Terra
Experience has doll clothes and children's group from many of the Mayan
ethnic groups below.
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³Historia
y Memorias de La Comunidad Etnica Ixil, Version Escolar, Volumn II, 32 pp (2000) (in Spanish only)
[Includes Nebaj, Chajul and Cotzal]
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$15.00
(softback)
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³Historia
y Memorias de La Comunidad Etnica Kaqchikel, Version Escolar,
Volumn II, 45 pp (2000) (in Spanish only) [Includes: Santa Cruz Balanya,
San Jose Poaquil, Solola, Paajechel, Patzun, Patzicia, Techpan, Kaqjay
and San Andres Semetabaj] |
$15.00
(softback)
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³Historia
y Memorias de La Comunidad Etnica Kiche', Version Escolar,
Volumn II, 45 pp (2000) (in Spanish only) [Includes: Momostenango, Nahuala,
and others] |
$15.00
(softback)
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³Historia
y Memorias de La Comunidad Etnica Mam, Version Escolar,
Volumn II, 28 pp (2000) (in Spanish only) [Incudes: Todos Santos
Cuchumatan,Colotenango, San Juan Atitlan, and many others in Western
highlands] |
$15.00
(softback)
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³Historia
y Memorias de La Comunidad Etnica Q'eqchi', Version Escolar,
Volumn II, 44 pp (2000) (in Spanish only)
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$15.00
(softback)
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³Historia
y Memorias de La Comunidad Etnica Tz'utujil, Version Escolar, Volumn II, 32 pp (2000) (in Spanish only)
[Includes Santiago Atitlan, San Juan La Laguna, San Lucas Toliman, San
PAblo La Laguna near Lake Atitlan] |
$15.00
(softback)
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³Historia
y Memorias de La Comunidad Etnica Mopan, Version Escolar, Volumn
II, 32 pp (2000) (in Spanish only)
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$15.00
(softback)
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We also have limited copies of others: Akateka, Awakateka, Chorti,
Chuj, Itzaj, Popti, Poqomchi, Poqoman, Qanjobal, and Sakapulteka .
Contact
lynn@terraexperience.com if you are interested. |
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Books to Check for at Your Library
At
times we
may have limited numbers of some of these books (especially those marked ³)
available for sale. Contact us at lynn@terraexperience.com
if you are interested in purchasing any of these books.
Abuela's Weave; Omar
S. Castaneda and Enrique O. Sanchez (illust); ee & Low Books Inc., New
York, NY (1993) also available in Spanish as El Tapiz de Abuela
The Ancient
Maya; Barbara L. Beck, Revised by Lorna Greenberg. New York, NY 1983
The Ancient
Maya; Irene Flum Galvin; New York, NY 1997
Angel's Kite/ La Estrella de Angel;
Alaberto Blanco (story) and Rodolfo Morales (pictures); Children's Book Press, San
Franscisco, CA; 32 pp (1994) bilingual
Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of
the Dead, Elisa Amado and Joya Hairs, Groundwood Book//Douglas &
McIntyre; Toranto, Ontario; 30 pp (1999)
The Bird that
Cleaned the World; Victor Montejo; Curbstone Press, Willimantic
CT (1992)
³Celebrate in
Central America; Joe Viesti and Diane Hall; Lathrop, Lee & Shepard
Books; New York, NY (1997) $16.00
Children of the
Maya, A Guatemala Indian Odyssey; Brent Ashabranner and Paul Conklin
(photos); Dood, Mead & Company; NY (1986)
The
Corn Grows Ripe; Dorothy Rhoads and Jean
Charlot; Viking Press, New York, NY (1956) hardback
Cultures
of the World, Guatemala; Sean Sheehan; Marshall Cavendish, NY, Longon,
Sydney (1998)
Days of the
Dead; Kathryn Lasky and Christopher G. Knight (photos), Hyperion Books
for Children, New York, NY (1994).
Enchantment of
the World: Guatemala; Brill Targ and Harry Targ; Children's Press,
Chicago (1993)
El Tapiz de
Abuela: Omar S. Castaneda and Enrique O. Sanchez (illust); ee
& Low Books Inc., New York, NY (1993) in Spanish; also available in
English as Abeula's Weave
³Gracias, Rosa; Michelle
Markel; Diane Paterson (illust); Albert Whitman & Company, Morton Grove,
IL (1995)
Grandmother's
Song; Barbara Soros and Jackie Morris (illust);Barefoot Books,
Brooklyn, NY (1998)
Guatemala:
Central America's Living Past; Lila Perl; William Morrow and Company,
NY (1982)
³A
Guatemalan Family, Michael Malone, Lerner Publications Company,
Minneapolis, MN (1996)
³The
Hummingbirds' Gift, Stefan Czerneck and Timothy Rhodes; Hyperion Books
for Children, New York, NY (1994)
Josefina;
Jeanette Winter, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, CA (1996).
(children's story of Josefina Aguilar, a beloved Mexican folk artist of
painted clay figures in Ocotlan, Mexico)
La Montana de Fuego:
Thomas P. Lewis and Joan Sandin; Harper Collins; 64 pages (1971) in
Spanish
La Virgen de
Guadalupe; Felipe Davalos, Ma. Eugenia Guzman and Franciso Serrano,
Groundwood Books Ltd. (1998) in Spanish, a beautifully illustrated,
but fragile, pop-up-book.
Life in Ancient Mexico Coloring Book;
John Green; Dover Publications; 48 pp (1991)
Look into the
Past: The Maya: Peter Chrisp; Wayland Ltd., East Sussex, England
(1994)
Magic Dogs of
the Volcanoes/Los Perros Magicos de Los Volcanes; Manlio Argueta and
Elly Simmons (illust); Children's Book Press; San Francisco, CA (1990) bilingual
folktale from El Salvador
Maya: Land of
the Turkey and the Deer; Victor W. Von Hagen; The World Publishing
Company, Cleveland, Ohio (1960)
Mayeros: A Yucatec Maya Family;
George Ancona; Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, New York, NY; 36 pp (1997)
Mayan Weaving:
A Living Tradition (Crafts of the World Series); Ann
Stalcup; Rosen Publishing Group's PowerKids Press, New York, NY; 24 pp (1999)
Mexican Girl
and Boy Paper Dolls; Kathy Allert; Dover Publications, Inc. New York,
NY (1992)
The Most
Beautiful Place in the World; Ann Cameron; Dell Yearling a division of
Random House; NY, NY (1988)
³The Mouse
Bride: A Mayan Folk Tale; Judith Dupre and Fabricio VandenBroeck
(illust). an umbrella Book, Alfred A. Knofp Newy York, NY (1993)
³My Mexico/Mexico mio; Tony Johnston and F. John
Sierra; Paperstar Book/Penguuin Putnam Books; New York, NY; 36 pp (1996) bilingual
$5.99
Out of the Dump: Writings and
Photographs by Children from Guatemala; Kristine L. Franklin and Nancy
McGirr (ed); Lothrop, Lee & Shepar Books/William Morrow & Company, New York, NY;
52 pp. (1995)
Pablo
Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead; George Ancona;
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, New York, NY (1993)
People of Corn:
A Mayan Story; Mary-Joan Gerson and Carla Golembe (Artist);
Little Brown and Company Canada and UK (1995) - out of print
The Pinata
Maker: El Pinatero; George Ancona; Harcourt Brace & Company,
San Diego New York, NY (1994) bilingual
Song of the
Chirimia: a Guatemala Folktale/ La Musica del la Chirimia: Folklore
Guatemaltec; retold and illustrated by Jane Anne
VolkmerCarolrrhoda Books, In. Minneapolis, MN (1991) bilingual
The Story of
Colors/La Historia de los Colores, Subcomandante Marcos, Domitila
Dominquez (illustrator); Cinco Puntos Press, Mexico (1999)
Una cinta que
vuela, Fabiana Flores de Saenz; Tinta y Papel, Guatemala, Guatemala
(2001) in Spanish
Why there is no
Arguing in Heaven: A Mayan Myth; Deborah Nourse Lattimore, Harper
Collins (1989) --- out of print
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