Child of the flower-song people : Luz Jimenez, daughter of the Nahua by Amescua, Gloria 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 057122 Available

Dewey: EAges: 6-8   
AR: 5.3 LG Lexile: 1020

Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction

Subjects: Jimenez, Dona Luz,|d1897-1965 - Fiction Nahuas - Fiction Native Americans - Mexico - Fiction Artists' models - Fiction Mexico - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: A fictionalized account of a Nahua woman who grew up in Mexico during the early 1900s, became a model for artists, worked with scholars to preserve the Nahuatl language and stories, and was known as the "soul of Mexico."

Land of books : dreams of young Mexihcah word painters by Tonatiuh, Duncan 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2022)

BTSB #: 884822 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.3 LG F&P: T

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Manuscripts - Fiction Books and reading - Fiction Mixtec Indians - Fiction Native Americans - Mexico - Fiction Mexico - History|yTo 1519 - Fiction

Summary: Illustrations and text describe how the Mixtecs create painted manuscripts, or codices, that reflect their way of life and document their history, science, land tenure, tribute, and sacred rituals.