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A young Mexihcah girl tells her little brother that their world is an amoxtlalpan, a land of books.
Their parents are word painters who create codices: long, folded painted manuscripts that record history, science, rituals, tributes, and daily life. As the sister explains how paper is made and how books are painted, readers discover that Mesoamerican peoples created rich written records long before Europeans arrived in the Americas.
A Land of Books is both a story and a tribute to knowledge. Duncan Tonatiuh’s lyrical text and codex-inspired art celebrate Indigenous ingenuity, family learning, and the lasting power of books to carry a people’s memory forward.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
52 Pages
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