MAYA: Amazing Inventions You Can Build Yourself

Description

Revised for 2012 Maya: Amazing Inventions You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9-12 to the world of the ancient Maya, the most advanced and mysterious civilization of the New World. From ceremonial masks to hieroglyphics, and calendars to musical instruments,Maya: Amazing Inventions You Can Build Yourself gives readers a chance to experience how the Maya lived, cooked, worshipped, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors through hands on building projects that use common household supplies.

Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt is an award-winning freelance writer who has contributed to American Profile, Family Circle, Ladies' Home Journal, Go, and The Washington Post. She is the author of Amazing Maya Inventions and Great World War II Projects You Can Build Yourself. Tom Casteel is an illustrator and cartoonist that lives in South Bend, Indiana with his wife and son. He is a recent graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies and is working on his first graphic novel.

KLIATT "This would be a great addition to a unit on Central American history for upper elementary, middle school and junior high students." Calliope Magazine "Skillfully lends historical facts with detailed instructions for replicating the masks, hieroglyphs, calendars, and musical instruments fashioned by the ancient Maya.