The Aztec News (The News) - Softcover

Bateman, Penny; Steele, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0744577144 ISBN 13: 9780744577143

Publisher: Walker Books, 2000

Synopsis

At home or at school, this innovative title makes history come alive!

Welcome, stranger. You have arrived in the ancient and remarkable island city of Tenochtitlan, home of the mighty Aztec people. While you are here, pick up a copy of THE AZTEC NEWS and learn about our ways: our politics, religion, trading and farming methods, medicine, military, and sports, as well as the latest news on the invaders who threaten the very existence of our civilization—all in THE AZTEC NEWS!

About this title

About the Author

Philip Steele is the author of numerous illustrated information books for children of all ages. He also writes about lands and peoples, the natural world and the environment. He lives in North Wales. Penny Bateman and Norma Rosso, consultants for this book, are both Museum Education Officers at the British Museum.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5 Up. Two new entries in the publisher's large-format, chatty series that cover early civilizations. They bring readers a wealth of information in colorful pictures, short articles, and witty "ads" that emphasize the social milieu of ancient Egypt and the world of the Aztecs. From the endpapers decorated with hieroglyphics (Egypt) and the Aztec calendar, to the parchment-colored pages bordered with appropriate symbols, the books exhibit designs and illustrations, costumes and colors based on archaeological findings from these cultures. Feature articles tell of major historical events under headlines reading "Empire at Risk" or "Boy-King Dies." Local news tells of "Maize and Beans Festival" or advertises "Scribes Needed." Special interest coverage brings "Girl talk" and articles on hunting, marriage, and medicine. Wit and humor abound in advertisements for amulets, mud-brick townhouses, and a news picture of an armored Spanish soldier "dressed to kill." Narrative history is lost in this postmodern approach to the past. The "eyewitness" accounts and tongue-in-cheek descriptions couched in modern newscopy and sales talk compress the centuries of these civilization into a single newspaper-style edition. But the books will attract browsers; they bring the varieties of human experience of the past to life; and the facts are there to be absorbed and enjoyed by students who love history as well as those who claim to hate it. Like today's newspapers, these titles offer something for everyone.?Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
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Edition details

• Publisher: Walker Books
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0744577144
• ISBN 13: 9780744577143
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32