Finan, Catherine C.
Summary: "You may like chocolate, but how would you feel about using cocoa beans as money or in glue? Maybe you'd like to play a ball game for warriors (just be careful you don't become a scarified to the gods after playing). What about living life with a calendar system even more advanced than our own? You could try it all if you lived like the Maya! Discover extreme facts about the Maya civilization...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.81 FINForbes, Lani
Summary: To the Chicome people, an eclipse is a time of terror. When darkness falls, the barrier separating the heavens and the earth becomes unstable. Then come the ravening Tzitzimime--the star demons who thirst for human blood. Mayana and Ahkin know the full extent of the coming danger, but they must gather support or the Chicome Empire is doomed. As the eclipse nears, many maneuver for power in this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FORMartin, Jerome
Summary: This information book provides a simple introduction to the world of the ancient Maya. It describes their bustling cities and tall temples, their religious beliefs, the customs of their kings and nobles, and their passion for cacao. Perfectly suited to beginner readers, it is full of facts, illustrations, and photographs of historical artefacts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around Usb MartinCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MARSummary: "An exploration of the questions and mysteries that have puzzled scholars and experts about the Ancient Maya culture. Features include a timeline, map, fact boxes, biographies of famous experts on Maya culture, places to see and visit, a glossary, further readings, and index"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.8 MYSMarshall, Linda Elovitz
Summary: Ixchel, a young Mayan girl, who is not allowed to use her mother's thread to weave, exercises her ingenuity and repurposes plastic bags to create colorful weavings.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The ancestors of today's Maya people thrived in hundreds of cities across Central America. Caracol and Tikal, with over 100,000 inhabitants at their peak, were among the biggest cities anywhere in the world at the time.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Forbes, Lani
Summary: Thrust into leadership upon the death of his emperor father, young Prince Ahkin feels completely unready for his new position. Though his royal blood controls the power of the sun, he's now responsible for the lives of all the Chicome people. And despite all of Ahkin's efforts, the sun is fading--and the end of the world may be at hand. For Mayana, the only daughter of the Chicome family whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FORPress, Petra.
Summary: Discusses the culture, religion, survival and daily life of the Mayan people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.81016 PREForbes, Lani
Summary: Cast into the underworld after an act of shattering betrayal, Mayana and Ahkin must overcome unimaginable odds if they are to return home and reclaim the throne of the Chicome. A river of blood and demons disguised as children are only two of the challenges standing in their way. Fortunately Mayana's royal blood controls the power of water, and Prince Ahkin wields the power of the sun itself....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FORTyler, Madeline
Summary: The ancient Maya were one of history's most fascinating civilisations. Explore this ancient Central American society; the breathtaking pyramids of El Castillo, religion and sacrifice in Mayan society, and the eventual arrival of the Spanish in this title.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kidhaven 2019
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Ancient Hist TylerBaquedano, Elizabeth.
Summary: Chronicles the history, beliefs, and everyday lives of the ancient Aztec, Inca, and Maya peoples.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1993
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 972 BAQOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: As a thank-you from Merlin and Morgan, Jack and Annie are sent on what should be a vacation at a luxurious resort in Cozumel, Mexico, but is, by mistake, an adventure with ancient Mayans, instead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MTH 53Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED OSBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: JS Magic OsbornePeña, Matt de la
Summary: Sera has seen the future, and it is terrifying. Unfortunately, she can't do anything to prevent the Cataclysm while stranded with Dak and Riq thousands of years in the past. Their only hope lies with the ancient Maya, a mysterious people who claim to know a great deal about the future. Is there more to these ancients than meets the eye?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC DELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC INFCrandell, Rachel
Summary: A photo-essay that describes everyday life in a Maya village. Shows residents carrying firewood, preparing meals, weaving clothing, sowing maize, carving designs and playing music
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.83 CRAEboch, Chris.
Summary: When a Mayan girl in ninth-century Guatemala suspects that the High Priest sacrifices anyone who stands in the way of his power, she proves herself a hero.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC EBOSomervill, Barbara A.
Summary: Examines the culture and history of ancient Mayas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972 SOMWisniewski, David.
Summary: To bring rain to his thirsty village, Pik challenges the rain god to a game of pok-a-tok.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WISSummary: Explores two great ancient Mexican civilizations, the war-like Aztecs and the peaceful Mayans, both of which have left a legacy in legend and architecture.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAYBaquedano, Elizabeth.
Summary: Chronicles the history, beliefs, and everyday lives of the ancient Aztec, Inca, and Maya peoples.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.018 BAQByrne, Monica
Summary: It takes readers on a journey over two millennia and six continents, telling three powerful tales a thousand years apart, all of them converging in the same cave in the Belizean jungle. Braided together are the stories of a pair of teenage twins who ascend the throne of a Maya kingdom; a young American woman on a trip of self-discovery in Belize; and two dangerous charismatics vying for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BYRSchele, Linda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1990
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Place a hold to request this item.Maloy, Jackie.
Summary: Provides information about the ancient Maya, discussing farming, daily life, beliefs, and other related topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972 MALMenchú, Rigoberta.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.81 MENCervantes, J. C. (Jennifer C.)
Summary: "Shadow bruja Ren Santiago was relentlessly pursued by the evil Aztec Lords of Night, who claimed that she was destined to be their queen, a destiny she wasn't willing to accept. So she chose death instead. Too bad death wasn't the answer to her problems. Ren soon realizes she must return to the land of the living to make things right. Unfortunately, that means negotiating with Ixtab, queen of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2023