Story of the kings of Tikal, including Hasaw Chan K'awil, who constructed the pyramids in the Great Plaza. A stunning two page foldout and wonderful illustrations bring Tikal to life – you feel as if you're there, 1300 years ago. (Picture book)

Super introduction to ancient Maya daily life and history, calendar and hieroglyphs, gods and sacrifices, plus activities and crafts – make a clay drinking cup, royal jewelry, or musical instrument, cook tortillas, count with Maya numbers, and more (Activity book)

Get to know the ancient Maya, their cities, temples and palaces in the rainforest, society, arts and religion, plus fun facts about the ancient Maya – flat foreheads and large noses were considered beautiful, wealthy Maya wore jaguar skins, jade was highly prized. (Picture book)

Action-packed retelling of a Mayan myth, in graphic novel format. Twin brothers "Hunter" and "Jaguar Deer" challenge the Lords of Death, outsmarting and beating them at their own game. (Graphic novel)

A Maya girl tells lyrical, magical stories to the tiny spirits below the earth – the lion finds humans are the most powerful, secrets of the animal spirits, marriage traditions, how magic brought happiness into the world, by Rigoberta Menchu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner from Guatemala. (Chapter book)

Esperanza and her grandmother weave something special with their backstrap looms, and Esperanza goes alone to sell their weavings in the market in the big city. Homey settings in the highlands towns. (Picture book)

Fun facts about the people and places of Guatemala today – from art, cities, food, holidays, Maya, national bird (quetzal), rain forests, volcanoes to Zacapa (region of eastern Guatemala).
(Picture book)