The Girl from Chimel - Hardcover

Mench, Rigoberta

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0888996667 ISBN 13: 9780888996664

Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada, 2005

Synopsis

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Mayan activist Rigoberta Menchu brings the world of her earliest childhood vividly to life in this colorful book. Before the war in Guatemala and despite the hardships that the Mayan people endured, life in the Mayan villages of the highlands had a beauty and integrity. This was forever changed by the conflict and brutal genocide that was to come. Menchu s stories of her grandparents and parents, of the natural world that surrounded her, and her retelling of the stories that she was told present a rich, humorous, and engaging portrait of that lost world. Domi draws on the Mayan landscape and rich craftwork to create the stunning illustrations that complement this engaging story."

About this title

Synopsis:

This collection of tales remembers the Mayan civilization before it was shattered by the horrors of war. It tells the story of a little girl named Li M'in, who lived in a village named Chimel in the Mayan heartland of Guatemala.

About this edition

• Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0888996667
• ISBN 13: 9780888996664
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 56
• Illustrator: Domi