mayas

Rosalba, a nine-year-old Mayan girl living in a rural Mexican village, watches as people destroy the environment around her, and when she hears that the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world in 2012, Rosalba dreams of an ancient Mayan boy who hints at a way she can help.

After several unsuccessful attempts to create grateful creatures, the Mayan gods use sacred corn to fashion a people who will thank and praise their creators.

"You may like chocolate, but how would you feel about using cocoa beans as money or in glue? Maybe you'd like to play a ball game for warriors (just be careful you don't become a scarified to the gods after playing). What about living life with a calendar system even more advanced than our own? You could try it all if you lived like the Maya! Discover extreme facts about the Maya civilization in this fun and kooky book"--.

Explores the culture and achievements of the ancient Maya civilization through examination of artifacts that have survived through the centuries.

When the Critter Kids travel to the South American rainforest for an archaeological dig among the Mayan ruins, they discover that a priceless jade Jaguar Paw statue has been stolen and they work to uncover the smuggling ring.

Presents an introduction to the concept of using computational skills in problem solving, and contains an overview of the history of the Mayan people of Mexico, including information on their society, economy, architecture, mathematics, and writing.

When Sabrina's grandmother visits from Mexico, she brings gifts that make Sabrina feel like a Mayan princess.

Which innovative ideas and inventions began with the Maya? Find out how the Maya built their cities to suit the landscape and population, traded their resources, and developed a complex system of writing. Discover how their brilliant developments in farming, astronomy, and cloth-making still influence the way we live today.

Presents a readers' theater script based on a Mayan myth about the first people.