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Author Rigoberta Menchú won the Nobel Peace Prize for her activism concerning the rights of Maya Guatemalans and other Indigenous people in the Americas.This evocative memoir for children is filled with traditional Maya tales and love for the lost world of Guatemala before the thirty-six-year war.Rich and vibrant illustrations by Domi draw on the Maya landscape and the rich visual vocabulary that can be found in the weavings and crafts for whi...

The Honey Jar brings us the ancient stories the author's grandparents told her when she was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the fire at night. These Maya tales include creation myths, a classic story about the magic twins (which can also be found in the Popol Vuh), explanations of how and why certain natural phenomena came to exist, and animal tales. The underworld, the sky, the sun and moon, plants, people, animals,...

The Honey Jar retells the ancient stories Rigoberta Menchú's grandparents told her when she was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the fire at night. These Mayan tales include natural phenomena narratives and animal stories. The underworld, the sky, the sun and moon, plants, people, animals, gods, and demigods are all players in these vibrant stories. Enchanting images by Domi draw on the Mayan landscape and the rich vi...

Rigoberta Menchu returns to the world of childhood in this, her third book. The novel's seven-year-old heroine, Ixkem, is chosen to tend to the prized cornfields once her grandfather has passed away. But Ixkem isn't sure she can accept this great responsibility. Out in the fields, she discovers a legion of tiny people, no bigger than bananas. They are "b'e'n, nahuales" -- secret animal spirits -- and when they take Ixkem into the underworld wh...