central america

Describes the education, duties and lifestyle of a Mayan soothsayer.

They are a mass migration of thousands, yet each one travels alone. This book is a collection of oral histories that tells--in their own words--the story of young refugees fleeing countries in Central America and traveling for hundreds of miles to seek safety and protection in the United States.

This Miskito Indian legend set in seventeenth-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life.

A look at the ancient civilization of the Maya people, including some of their most important archaeological sites -- from the sacred Maya city of Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula to the jungle temples and palaces of Tikal in Guatemala.

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.

Examines the social and economic conditions of Central America and the Caribbean, and discusses challenges for the future.

Poems explore the lives of children fleeing their homes in Central America, sometimes alone, to seek refuge in the United States.

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. Includes glossary and author's note.

This frog found in the rain forest of Central America spends the night searching for food while also being careful not to become dinner for some other animal.

Traveling to Central America to inspect her estate holdings, seventeen-year-old Vesper tries to stop a villain from building a canal which would destroy an Indian tribe's homeland.