Reviewed by Beverly Slapin
Review Source: De Colores: The Raza Experience in Books for Children
Book Author: Rigoberta Menchú
In The Honey Jar, Menchú imparts some of the cultural knowledge she learned as a child: How Grandfather Sun and Grandmother Moon created the stars, and Mother Earth and Father Sky, whom they carefully instructed in the creation of sea, land, plants, and animals. How each creature was assigned to be a nahual, a keeper of something. How the elders were given power and wisdom and why they deserve respect. Continue reading.
The Honey Jar by Rigoberta Menchú
Published by Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press on 2006
Genres: Central America
Pages: 64
Reading Level: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
ISBN: 9780888996701
Review Source: De Colores: The Raza Experience in Books for Children
Also by this author: The Girl from Chimel, The Secret Legacy
The Honey Jar retells the ancient stories Rigoberta Mench�'s grandparents told her when she was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the fire at night. These Mayan tales include natural phenomena narratives and animal stories. The underworld, the sky, the sun and moon, plants, people, animals, gods, and demigods are all players in these vibrant stories. Enchanting images by Domi draw on the Mayan landscape and the rich visual vocabulary that can be found in the weavings and crafts for which the Maya are renowned.
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