Birth of the Fifth Sun: And Other Mesoamerican Tales

by Jo Harper

Many of these seventeen short tales deriving from Mesoamerican mythology are traditional and have traveled through time among the indigenous peoples of Mexico and Central America. A few are contemporary and seem to originate with Nahuatl-speaking descendants of the Aztecs. All of them, however, grace the pages here in lively fashion for young readers nine and up. Many middle schools include Aztec and Mayan myths in their curricula, but the selection...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896726258
• ISBN13: 9780896726253
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7