Ancient and Amazing: Cultures of the Americas

Discover Mexico’s fascinating ancient history with these books

Los huesos sagrados: una leyenda Aztec (Sacred bones: an Aztec legend)

Written by Judy Goldman
Illustrated by Fabrice Dominique Vanden Broeck

Paper, 64 pages
ISBN: 978-970-688-349-0
$11.95

An Aztec creation legend about the gods’ attempts to create man and woman. The Aztec god Quetzalcóatl is successful when he uses the sacred bones from the afterworld. This book was selected by Mexico’s Ministry of Education for its national reading program. Ages 9-14.

One Response to “Ancient and Amazing: Cultures of the Americas”

  1. Administrator+ June 21, 2011 at 4:13 pm #

    Great article!