MAYA: Amazing Inventions You Can Build Yourself (Build It Yourself) - Softcover

Bell-Rehwoldt, Sheri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936749602 ISBN 13: 9781936749607

Publisher: Nomad Press, 2012

Synopsis

Revised for 2012 Maya: Amazing Inventions You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9-12 to the world of the ancient Maya, the most advanced and mysterious civilization of the New World. From ceremonial masks to hieroglyphics, and calendars to musical instruments, Maya: Amazing Inventions You Can Build Yourself gives readers a chance to experience how the Maya lived, cooked, worshipped, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors through hands on building projects that use common household supplies.

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About the Author

Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt is an award-winning freelance writer who has contributed to American Profile, Family Circle, Ladies' Home Journal, Go, and The Washington Post. She is the author of Amazing Maya Inventions and Great World War II Projects You Can Build Yourself.

Tom Casteel is an illustrator and cartoonist that lives in South Bend, Indiana with his wife and son. He is a recent graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies and is working on his first graphic novel.

From the Back Cover

Revised for 2012 Maya: Amazing Inventions You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9-12 to the world of the ancient Maya, the most advanced and mysterious civilization of the New World. From ceremonial masks to hieroglyphics, and calendars to musical instruments, Maya: Amazing Inventions You Can Build Yourself gives readers a chance to experience how the Maya lived, cooked, worshipped, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors through hands on building projects that use common household supplies.

Maya meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

From the Inside Flap

Revised for 2012 Maya: Amazing Inventions You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9–12 to the world of the ancient Maya, the most advanced and mysterious civilization of the New World. From ceremonial masks to hieroglyphics, and calendars to musical instruments,Maya: Amazing Inventions You Can Build Yourself gives readers a chance to experience how the Maya lived, cooked, worshipped, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors through hands on building projects that use common household supplies.

Maya meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nomad Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1936749602
• ISBN 13: 9781936749607
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Casteel Tom