Popol Vuh: A Sacred Book of the Maya

Best available text about Mayan mythology and culture. This was highly recommended by my central American guide (with Mayan roots) during a recent visit.

Although this book is designated as a children’s book , it is ornately and beautifully illustrated and written in a manner that is delightful for any age. I purchased it for an adult.

We bought this for our study of the Maya when we did ancient history last year. Apart from Greece, Rome and Egypt, it can be really hard to find children's books about other ancient cultures. If you're covering the Maya with your first grader or your fifth grader as part of the classical education model, this is the book you're looking for. I read only select parts with my first grader, and will probably read the entire thing to her again once she's in fifth grade.

As advertised and expected

Bought it as a gift for my husband who is very interested in Mayan culture. He loved the book, and I loved that it was a hardcover book so it will last to share with my son. The illustrations are beautiful and have rich colors. It is a shorter book at 75 pages, and looks similar to a children's book, but it is still very lovely for adult reading.

I have a formal, Spanish translated copy of the Popol Vuh and have not gotten around to reading it. Fortunately, once I bought this child friendly copy, I read it every night to my children and finished it in a little over a week. I might otherwise have taken much longer to get to the famed book. I am grateful Victor Montejo created this colorful, easy to read, English version.

My roommate got this as gift for a friend in Mexico. He had misgivings about it being a picture book, but when he saw it, he was pleased with it. Informative and beautiful. It may make a nice cocktail table book. Anyway, he's going to Mexico tomorrow. He's bringing the book on the plane.

If you are interested in Mayan culture and history, I highly recommend you read this. We took a trip to Belize and on just about every tour they brought up the Popol Vuh.

Excellent book for use with new National Curriculum Maya unit of study