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Includes bibliographical references, glossary of Nahuatl words, and author's note. |
| NOTE |
Accelerated Reader LG 4.3 0.5 518765 |
| Summary |
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. "A young Aztec girl tells her little brother how their parents create beautiful painted manuscripts, or codices. She explains to him how paper is made from local plants and how the long paper is folded into a book. Her parents and others paint the codices to tell the story of their peoples way of life, documenting their history, science, tributes, and sacred rituals. Duncan Tonatiuhs lyrical prose and beloved illustration style, inspired by the pre-Columbian codices, tell the story of howcontrary to the historical narrative that European colonizers bestowed zcivilizationy and knowledge to the Americasthe Aztec and their neighbors in the Valley of Mexico painted books and records long before Columbus arrived, and continued doing so among their Nahua-speaking descendants for generations after the Spanish Conquest." --Amazon.com. |
| Audience |
Ages 4 to 8. |
| Subject |
Mixtec Indians -- Juvenile fiction.
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Manuscripts -- Juvenile fiction.
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Books and reading -- Juvenile fiction.
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Indians of Mexico -- Juvenile fiction.
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Books and reading -- Juvenile literature.
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Mexico -- History -- To 1519 -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Children's stories.
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| ISBN |
9781419749421
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1419749420
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