By David Long (author) , Stefano Tambellini (illustrator) Part of the What It Was Like to Be . series
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Embark on a captivating exploration into the rise and fall of the rich and colourful Maya civilisation with Blue Peter Award-winning author David Long.
Largely forgotten for centuries, the ancient Maya were incredible. Their cities across Central and South America featured astonishing pyramids and palaces, while they were also successful farmers and highly creative artists. The Maya were the first people in the Americas to learn how to read and write, and they invented things like rubber, chocolate and chewing gum.
They had a deep understanding of astronomy, mathematics and timekeeping, though they also had some horrible, bloodthirsty traditions such as making human sacrifices. Find out what life as an Ancient Maya was actually like while also investigating why this mysterious civilisation was close to dying out when the region was conquered by Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century.
“David Long excels at telling intriguing stories from the past” – T he Independent
Writer and historian David Long is the author of the acclaimed Animals' VC: For Gallantry and Devotion and more than twenty other non-fiction books on a wide range of historical subjects. Jet the Rescue Dog the first of several titles for younger readers, was published by Faber in 2014. He lives in Suffolk and has two teenage sons.
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Embark on a captivating exploration into the rise and fall of the rich and colourful Maya civilisation with Blue Peter Award-winning author David Long. Largely forgotten for centuries, the ancient Maya were incredible.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed What it was like to be an Ancient Maya and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
What it was like to be an Ancient Maya features in the following genres: Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 11+, Recommendations, Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 9+, History, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, People / Places, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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What it was like to be an Ancient Maya was written by David Long and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
What it was like to be an Ancient Maya has 88 pages
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