mexico

Explores the history, culture, and traditions of the ancient Aztec, Inca, and Maya peoples of Mesoamerica.

Recounts the history of cochineal, a red dye that was once considered one of the world's most precious commodities.

An illustrated examination of the lives of modern Mexican artists, looking at their achievements in relation to the movement through which formal Mexican art was reborn.

Presents a variation of the classic tale of the Gingerbread Man about a runaway radish that refuses to be carved up and placed in Don Pedro's "Night of the Radishes" sculpture.

Examines the life and work of the twentieth-century Mexican painter known especially for his murals.

Simple text and photographs present people in Mexico playing music and soccer, working, shopping, dancing, fishing, and farming.

Aging cavalryman Napoleon Childs leads a ragtag group of men into the Mexican desert in search of Pancho Villa in 1916, and after a brutal encounter in which most of his men are killed and he is spared only to be left for dead, Childs has time to think about what it means to choose a life of war.

Provides facts about the lives of the ancient Aztecs, and includes illustrated, step-by-step instructions for related craft projects and activities.

Describes the origin, history, traditional and contemporary ways of life of the Aztec Indians of Mexico.

Discusses the life and times of Jos? Clemente Orozco, who has been called "the most original and powerful mural painter" in Mexico despite having been badly injured in an explosion as a teenager.