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2022

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Tonatiuh Duncan Tonatiuh

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Publié par

ABRAMS BOOKS

Date de parution

15 novembre 2022

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781647008550

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

10 Mo

Award-winning author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh sheds light on the significance of Aztec manuscripts and cultureOur world, little brother, is an amoxtlalpan, a land of books.In the jungles where the jaguar dwells, the Mayas make books.In the mountains the cloud people, the Mixtecs, make them as well. So do others in the coast and in the forests.And we the Mexica of the mighty Aztec empire, who dwell in the valley of the volcanoes, make them too. A young Aztec girl tells her little brother how their parents create beautiful painted manuscripts, or codices. She explains to him how paper is made from local plants and how the long paper is folded into a book. Her parents and others paint the codices to tell the story of their people's way of life, documenting their history, science, tributes, and sacred rituals. Duncan Tonatiuh's lyrical prose and beloved illustration style, inspired by the pre-Columbian codices, tell the story of how-contrary to the historical narrative that European colonizers bestowed "civilization" and knowledge to the Americas-the Aztec and their neighbors in the Valley of Mexico painted books and records long before Columbus arrived, and continued doing so among their Nahua-speaking descendants for generations after the Spanish Conquest. From an award-winning author-illustrator, A Land of Books pays tribute to Mesoamerican ingenuity and celebrates the universal power of books.

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Publié par

ABRAMS BOOKS

Date de parution

15 novembre 2022

EAN13

9781647008550

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

10 Mo

A LAND

OF BOOKS

DREAMS OF YOUNG

MEXIHCAH WORD PAINTERS

To Howard, a friend and collaborator.

Thank you for all your support.
DUNCAN TONATIUH

Abrams Books for Young Readers New York

A LAND

OF BOOKS

DREAMS OF YOUNG MEXIHCAH WORD PAINTERS
Our world, my brother, is an amoxtlalpan.

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