You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer!

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer!
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Publisher : The Salariya Book Company
Total Pages : 40
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ISBN-10 : 9781911242451
ISBN-13 : 1911242458
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Book Synopsis You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer! by : Rupert Matthews

Download or read book You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer! written by Rupert Matthews and published by The Salariya Book Company. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are the son of a Mayan soothsayer, living near the city of Copan in about AD 710. Becoming a soothsayer yourself means you could become an important man. However, you'd rather stay in your peaceful village being a farmer - get something wrong as a soothsayer and you'll be sacrificed! This title in the best-selling children’s history series, You Wouldn't Want To…, features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail and a narrative approach placing readers at the centre of the history, encouraging them to become emotionally-involved with the characters and aiding their understanding of what life would have been like as a Mayan soothsayer. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of information books for young readers. It is an ideal text for Key Stage 2 shared and guided reading and helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.


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