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Popol Vuh

Contributor(s): Montejo, Victor (Author), Garay, Luis (Illustrator), Unger, David (Translator)

ISBN: 9780888999214

Publisher: Groundwood Books

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Pub Date: March 1, 2009

Dewey: 299.78423082

Lexile Code: 0000

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Target Age Group: 10 to 13

Physical Info: 0.50" H x 9.80" L x 7.90" W ( 0.70 lbs) 88 pages

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Quiz #:0000039751 ( Popol Vuh)

Reading level: 5.50

Interest level: MG

Point value: 2.0

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Description: Mayan civilization once flourished in what is today Guatemala and the Yucatan. The Mayan sacred book the Popol Vuh tells of the creation of the universe, the world of gods and demi-gods and the creation of mankind.

Brief description: Victor Montejo is a distinguished Zapotec Maya / Guatemalan anthropologist, author and professor in the Department of Native American Studies at the University of California at Davis who, after a very long period in exile, returned for a time to Guatemala to work for indigenous rights. He has also written White Flower: A Maya Princess / Blanca Flor: una princesa Maya for Groundwood. He lives in Davis, California.

Review Quotes: A beautifully designed book to be savored on its own or as a source for cultural or comparative studies.-- "School Library Journal"

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