Caraway, Caren. The Mayan Design Coloring Book. Maryland: Stemmer House
Publishers, 1981. Clear line drawings with well documented descriptions,
including size. Pages numbered with Maya symbols.
Gerson, Mary-Joan. People of Corn. Boston: Little, Brown, 1995. Begins with a
description of the importance of corn for the Maya. Continues with a simple
retelling of the Popol Vuh, appropriate for younger children.
Lattimore, Deborah Nourse. Why There Is No Arguing In Heaven. New York:
Harper and Row Publishers, 1989. The Popol Vuh for middle school students.
Wonderful drawings based on Maya sites and objects.
Turner, Wilson. Maya Design Coloring Book. New York: Dover Publishers, Inc.,
1980. Clear line drawings with well documented descriptions. Includes a few
color illustrations which suggest the original designs.
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Endnotes
1. Munro Edmonson, The Book of Counsel: The Popol Vuh of the Quiché Maya
of Guatemala (New Orleans, Louisiana: Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University, Publication 35, 1971), lines 4815-4822, p. 148.
2. Marilyn Kupetz, editor, ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students (Bloomington, Illinois: Pantagraph Printing, 1997), p. 83.
3. Edmonson, lines 129-132, p. 10.
4. Edmonson, lines 215-216, p.12.
5. Edmonson, lines 223-230, p. 13.
6. Edmonson, lines 261-264, p. 14.
7. Edmonson, lines 317-318, p. 15.
8. Edmonson, lines 363-366, p. 16.
9. Edmonson, lines 649-654, p. 25.
10. Edmonson, lines 4771-4778, pp. 146-147.
11. Edmonson, lines 4799-4800, p. 147.
12. Edmonson, lines 4803-4806, p. 147.
13. Edmonson, lines 4815-4822, p. 148.
14. Edmonson, lines 4823-4828, p. 148.
15. Edmonson, lines 5029-5042, pp. 153-154.