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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Award-winning author Duncan Tonatiuh reimagines one of Mexico's cherished legends. Princess Izta had many wealthy suitors but dismissed them all. When a mere warrior, Popoca, promised to be true to her and stay always by her side, Izta fell in love. The emperor promised Popoca if he could defeat their enemy Jaguar Claw, then Popoca and Izta could wed. When Popoca was near to defeating Jaguar Claw, his opponent sent a messenger to Izta saying Popoca...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
©2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
On the Hill of Dust, in the remote mountains of Mexico, an eleven-year-old Mixtec boy called Teo lives with his family and the animals that he has healed, but one day a Romany caravan rolls into town with a young girl who calls herself Esma, the Gypsy Queen of Lightning--it is the beginning of a life-long friendship that will change both their lives.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illustrations and text describe how the Mixtecs create painted manuscripts, or codices, that reflect their way of life and document their history, science, land tenure, tribute, and sacred rituals.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fictionalized account of a Nahua woman who grew up in Mexico during the early 1900s, became a model for artists, worked with scholars to preserve Nahuatl language and stories, and was known as the "soul of Mexico." Includes author's note, timeline, and glossary.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fifteen-year old crown prince Acolmiztli wants nothing more than to see his city-state of Tetzcoco thrive. A singer, poet, and burgeoning philosophical mind, he has big plans about infrastructure projects and cultural initiatives that will bring honor to his family and help his people flourish. But the two sides of his family, the kingdoms of Mexico and Acolhuacan, have been at war his entire life - after his father risked the wrath of the Tepanec...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2012], ℗2002
Language
English
Description
Montemayor analiza el complejo proceso de invención y formulación de ideas contradictorias sobre los pueblos indígenas que se ha dado desde la conquista hasta nuestros días, tanto en Europa como en México, y que tienen como eje la resistencia al dominio de la corona española y del estado mexicano.
Who are the Pueblo Indians? What are their origins, and how were they affected by the influx of Europeans into Mexico?
13) Pyramid
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a look at pyramids around the world, including those in Egypt, Sudan, and Central America.
Author
Publisher
Selector
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Mitología mexicana para niños es una colección de historias que nos cuenta cómo entendían el universo los antiguos habitantes de nuestro territorio. En esta obra encontrarás los leyendas de la creación del mundo, los cinco soles, cómo se crearon los diferentes dioses y sus historias, el significado de algunos símbolos y la organización de sus sociedades con base en calendarios muy precisos, que respetaban las fases lunares y las estaciones...
16) Me oh Maya
Author
Series
Time warp trio series volume 13
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court in Chichin Itza, Mexico in 1000 A.D., where they must play for their lives against a Mayan High Priest who cheats.
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The gripping story of the trailblazing Zelia Nuttall, whose decoding of Aztec cosmology, rigorous fieldwork, and passion for collecting helped shape our understanding of Mexico's pre-Columbian past"--
19) Aztec
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Discover the mysterious world of these ancient people - their beliefs, rituals, and fascinating civilizations.
Author
Publisher
V & R Editoras
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"Award-winning author Duncan Tonatiuh reimagines one of Mexico's cherished legends. Princess Izta had many wealthy suitors but dismissed them all. When a mere warrior, Popoca, promised to be true to her and stay always by her side, Izta fell in love. The emperor promised Popoca if he could defeat their enemy Jaguar Claw, then Popoca and Izta could wed. When Popoca was near to defeating Jaguar Claw, his opponent sent a messenger to Izta saying Popoca...
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