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K-Gr 4 This picture book opens with a simple but colorful map of Mesoamerica and a brief foreword by the author describing her stay at a village in Belize. In the pages that follow, readers are offered snapshots of Maya villagers throughout the course of a day. Each spread features two photos: a small picture with a few lines of text opposite a full-...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Elogorio, playing his marimba, and young Iliana, cradling a sheep, appear in an attractive photo-essay introducing a dozen or so villagers whose traditional work ways have endured for many centuries. Crandell, an elementary-school teacher whose students correspond with Maya children, lived in Maya Centre Village in Belize for several months and describes her experience in the introduction. Her brief profiles of the Maya are abbrevi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More