A sequel to The Girl from Chimel includes ancient Mayan tales of natural phenomena narratives, animal stories, creation myths, and more.

Drawing on the Mayan landscape and using traditional Mayan craftwork illustrations, the author recounts her childhood in the Mayan villages of the highlands, bringing to life the beauty, community, and integrity of her homeland, which was forever changed by the war in Guatemala.

The Nobel Peace Prize-winner recounts some of the Maya legends she learned from her grandparents as a child in Guatemala.

Product Description: The second installment of the life of the Nobel Peace prize-winning activist. Rigoberta Menchu is a worldwide symbol of courage in the continuing fight of indigenous peoples for justice. The Guatemalan Indian leader first came to the world’s attention with the publication of her autobiography “I, Rigoberta Menchu” in 1984...read more

Product Description: In this extraordinary book, Menchu tells her story and through it tells the story of many. She is the voice of the masses. She does not speak of the Mayas but from them. Her voice communicates to readers the dreams and nightmares of the people and their land...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchú, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchú suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military...read more