Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky : Myths of Mexico by David Bowles (2018, Hardcover)

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PublisherLee & Low Books, Incorporated
ISBN-101941026710
ISBN-139781941026717
eBay Product ID (ePID)234237026

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Book TitleFeathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky : Myths of Mexico
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory / Mexico, People & Places / Aboriginal & Indigenous, Literary Criticism & Collections, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year2018
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Young Adult Nonfiction
AuthorDavid Bowles
FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight20 oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN2017-021739
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Strange and yet familiar, comforting and also inspiring, David Bowles' Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky brings Mesoamerican mythology to vivid life. A D'Aulaire' Book of Greek Myths for the twenty-first century, kids and adults will be left in awe." --Adam Gidwitz, author of the Newbery-Honor winning The Inquisitor's Tale "Mexican-American Pura Belpré honoree David Bowles brings his passion and expertise to this new compilation of mythological tales from Mexico ... Despite the darkness that pervades most of the tales, Bowles' dense yet lyrical prose raises the narrative to a level suited to high mythological tradition and illuminates the foundations on which contemporary Mexican culture is laid." Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review A masterful storyteller, Bowles packs the richness of the Mesoamerican cosmos into every sentence, bringing to vivid life ancient characters who are by turns funny, heartbreaking, lovable, grotesque, and venerable. ... Bowles's Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky will be crucial to Mesoamerican literary and cultural studies as well as important to Mexican and Mexican American rediscoveries of effaced pasts for many years to come. Scholars and readers of mythology and folklore: add this to the classics. World Literature Today, * Bowles adopts a narrative voice biblical in tone and scope but vibrant and lucid enough to appeal to an adolescent audience. The tales, filled with beautiful imagery and stark depictions of violence, feature a wealth of themes, including dualities in nature (all mankind arose from the "dual god"), rebirth, and the roles of women, making this title ripe for analysis and group discussions or self-exploration. . . Vibrant and vital, this collection is an essential addition to library collections. -- School Library Journal , starred review * "Lyrical prose raises the narrative to a level suited to high mythological tradition and illuminates the foundations on which contemporary Mexican culture is laid. . . Students of folklore will find a rich trove to mine here. A needed and worthy addition to any folklore collection." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "An important, well-written, and compelling text that teaches us about a lost history and the rich and too often forgotten magic of various groups like the Aztec, Maya, and Toltecs." -- J.C. Cervantes, New York Times bestselling author of The Storm Runner novels "While certainly a treasure trove for storytellers, this is also highly valuable as a classroom resource for units on Mesoamerican history or examinations of how a place's myths are inherently linked to its history." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Best Teen Books - Kirkus Reviews Jean Flynn Award for Best Young Adult Book - Texas Institute of Letters (TIL), "Strange and yet familiar, comforting and also inspiring, David Bowles' Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky brings Mesoamerican mythology to vivid life. A D'Aulaire' Book of Greek Myths for the twenty-first century, kids and adults will be left in awe."--Adam Gidwitz, author of the Newbery-Honor winning The Inquisitor's Tale, "Strange and yet familiar, comforting and also inspiring, David Bowles' Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky brings Mesoamerican mythology to vivid life. A D'Aulaire' Book of Greek Myths for the twenty-first century, kids and adults will be left in awe." --Adam Gidwitz, author of the Newbery-Honor winning The Inquisitor's Tale "An important, well-written, and compelling text that teaches us about a lost history and the rich and too often forgotten magic of various groups like the Aztec, Maya, and Toltecs. "-- J.C. Cervantes , author of The Storm Runner "Mexican-American Pura Belpré honoree David Bowles brings his passion and expertise to this new compilation of mythological tales from Mexico ... Despite the darkness that pervades most of the tales, Bowles' dense yet lyrical prose raises the narrative to a level suited to high mythological tradition and illuminates the foundations on which contemporary Mexican culture is laid."-- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "A masterful storyteller, Bowles packs the richness of the Mesoamerican cosmos into every sentence, bringing to vivid life ancient characters who are by turns funny, heartbreaking, lovable, grotesque, and venerable. ... Bowles's Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky will be crucial to Mesoamerican literary and cultural studies as well as important to Mexican and Mexican American rediscoveries of effaced pasts for many years to come. Scholars and readers of mythology and folklore: add this to the classics."-- World Literature Today "An excellent resource for those interested in exploring epic tales, world mythologies, history and culture of Mexico. Highly recommended for students, teachers, historians and storytellers."-- Reading Style , Barbara Moon "David Bowles' Feathered Serpent / Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico deserves to be a bestseller for all the right reasons: accessible, informative, essential."-- La Bloga "While certainly a treasure trove for storytellers, this is also highly valuable as a classroom resource for units on Mesoamerican history or examinations of how a place's myths are inherently linked to its history."-- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, * "Vibrant and vital, this collection is an essential addition to library collections." -- Jessica Agudelo, School Library Journal , starred review * "Mexican-American Pura Belpré honoree David Bowles brings his passion and expertise to this new compilation of mythological tales from Mexico... Despite the darkness that pervades most of the tales, Bowles' dense yet lyrical prose raises the narrative to a level suited to high mythological tradition and illuminates the foundations on which contemporary Mexican culture is laid." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "While certainly a treasure trove for storytellers, this is also highly valuable as a classroom resource for units on Mesoamerican history or examinations of how a place's myths are inherently linked to its history." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Best YA Books of 2018 that Feed Imaginations, Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book Award, Texas Institute of Letters (TIL), * Bowles adopts a narrative voice biblical in tone and scope but vibrant and lucid enough to appeal to an adolescent audience. The tales, filled with beautiful imagery and stark depictions of violence, feature a wealth of themes, including dualities in nature (all mankind arose from the "dual god"), rebirth, and the roles of women, making this title ripe for analysis and group discussions or self-exploration... Vibrant and vital, this collection is an essential addition to library collections. -- School Library Journal , starred review * "Lyrical prose raises the narrative to a level suited to high mythological tradition and illuminates the foundations on which contemporary Mexican culture is laid... Students of folklore will find a rich trove to mine here. A needed and worthy addition to any folklore collection." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "An important, well-written, and compelling text that teaches us about a lost history and the rich and too often forgotten magic of various groups like the Aztec, Maya, and Toltecs." -- J.C. Cervantes, New York Times bestselling author of The Storm Runner novels "While certainly a treasure trove for storytellers, this is also highly valuable as a classroom resource for units on Mesoamerican history or examinations of how a place's myths are inherently linked to its history." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Best Teen Books - Kirkus Reviews Jean Flynn Award for Best Young Adult Book - Texas Institute of Letters (TIL), * "Vibrant and vital, this collection is an essential addition to library collections." -- Jessica Agudelo, School Library Journal , starred review * "Mexican-American Pura Belpré honoree David Bowles brings his passion and expertise to this new compilation of mythological tales from Mexico... Despite the darkness that pervades most of the tales, Bowles' dense yet lyrical prose raises the narrative to a level suited to high mythological tradition and illuminates the foundations on which contemporary Mexican culture is laid." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "While certainly a treasure trove for storytellers, this is also highly valuable as a classroom resource for units on Mesoamerican history or examinations of how a place's myths are inherently linked to its history." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Best Teen Books - Kirkus Reviews Jean Flynn Award for Best Young Adult Book - Texas Institute of Letters (TIL), "While certainly a treasure trove for storytellers, this is also highly valuable as a classroom resource for units on Mesoamerican history or examinations of how a place's myths are inherently linked to its history."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, "Strange and yet familiar, comforting and also inspiring, David Bowles' Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky brings Mesoamerican mythology to vivid life. A D'Aulaire' Book of Greek Myths for the twenty-first century, kids and adults will be left in awe." --Adam Gidwitz, author of the Newbery-Honor winning The Inquisitor's Tale "Mexican-American Pura Belpré honoree David Bowles brings his passion and expertise to this new compilation of mythological tales from Mexico ... Despite the darkness that pervades most of the tales, Bowles' dense yet lyrical prose raises the narrative to a level suited to high mythological tradition and illuminates the foundations on which contemporary Mexican culture is laid." Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review, * "Vibrant and vital, this collection is an essential addition to library collections." -- Jessica Agudelo, School Library Journal , starred review * "Mexican-American Pura Belpré honoree David Bowles brings his passion and expertise to this new compilation of mythological tales from Mexico ... Despite the darkness that pervades most of the tales, Bowles' dense yet lyrical prose raises the narrative to a level suited to high mythological tradition and illuminates the foundations on which contemporary Mexican culture is laid." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "A masterful storyteller, Bowles packs the richness of the Mesoamerican cosmos into every sentence, bringing to vivid life ancient characters who are by turns funny, heartbreaking, lovable, grotesque, and venerable. ... Bowles's Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky will be crucial to Mesoamerican literary and cultural studies as well as important to Mexican and Mexican American rediscoveries of effaced pasts for many years to come. Scholars and readers of mythology and folklore: add this to the classics. --Sean Guynes-Vishniac" -- World Literature Today "David Bowles' Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico deserves to be a best-seller for all the right reasons: accessible, informative, essential. It's destined to be the cultural anthropology equivalent to Occupied America for C/S majors." -- La Bloga "Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky was a spectacular collection of myths, written in an easy to follow way, arranged chronologically, and truly epic enough to just read them casually, without the aim of education or research. --Evelina Avalinah" -- Avalinah's Books "A fully absorbing and inherently fascinating read throughout, Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico is an impressive work of simply outstanding scholarship that is enhanced with the inclusion of a two-page Pronunciation Guide, an eight-page Glossary, a four-page listing of Source Notes, and a two-page Bibliography." -- Midwest Book Review "An important, well-written, and compelling text that teaches us about a lost history and the rich and too often forgotten magic of various groups like the Aztec, Maya, and Toltecs. --J.C. Cervantes, author of The Storm Runner" -- Barnes & Noble Kids Blog "While certainly a treasure trove for storytellers, this is also highly valuable as a classroom resource for units on Mesoamerican history or examinations of how a place's myths are inherently linked to its history. --Kate Quealy-Gainer" -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "An excellent resource for those interested in exploring epic tales, world mythologies, history and culture of Mexico. Highly recommended for students, teachers, historians and storytellers."--Barbara Moon -- Reading Style Best YA Books of 2018 that Feed Imaginations, Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book Award, Texas Institute of Letters
Grade FromNinth Grade
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal813.6
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
SynopsisFeathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky is a stunning collection of Aztec folklore and myths passed from generation to generation and, now, writer to reader., The stories in Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky trace the history of the world from its beginnings in the dreams of the dual god, Ometeotl, to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico and the fall of the great city Tenochtitlan. In the course of that history we learn about the Creator Twins--Feathered Serpent and Dark Heart of Sky--and how they built the world on a leviathan's back; of the shape-shifting nahualli; and the aluxes, elfish beings known to help out the occasional wanderer. And finally, we read Aztec tales about the arrival of the blonde strangers from across the sea, the strangers who seek to upend the rule of Motecuhzoma and destroy the very stories we are reading. David Bowles stitches together the fragmented mythology of pre-Colombian Mexico into an exciting, unified narrative in the tradition of William Buck's Ramayana, Robert Fagles's Iliad, and Neil Gaiman's Norse Myths. Readers of Norse and Greek mythologies will delight in this rich retelling of stories less explored. Legends and myths captured David Bowles's imagination as a young Latino reader; he was fascinated with epics like the Iliad and the Odyssey. Despite growing up on the United States/Mexico border, he had never read a single Aztec or Mayan myth until he was in college. This experience inspired him to reconnect with that forgotten past. Several of his previous books have incorporated themes from ancient Mexican myths., The stories in Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky trace the history of the world from its beginnings in the dreams of the dual god, Ometeotl , to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico and the fall of the great city Tenochtitlan. In this book's beautiful language, we learn the history of the Creator Twins Feathered Serpent and Dark Heart of Sky and how they built the world on a leviathan's back; of the shape-shifting nahualli; and the aluxes, elfish beings known to help out the occasional wanderer. And finally, we read Aztec tales about the arrival of the blonde strangers from across the sea, the strangers who seek to upend the rule of Moctezuma and destroy the very stories we are reading. David Bowles stitches together the fragmented folklore and mythology of pre-Colombian Mexico into an exciting, unified narrative in the tradition of William Buck's Ramayana , Robert Fagles's Iliad , and Neil Gaiman's Norse Myths . Readers of Norse and Greek mythologies will delight in this rich retelling of stories less explored. These tales hold a touch of magical realism while holding true to their meanings and their Indigenous roots. Legends and myths captured David Bowles's imagination as a young Latino reader; he was fascinated with epics like the Iliad and the Odyssey . Despite growing up on the United States/Mexico border, he had never read a single Aztec or Mayan myth until he was in college. This experience inspired him to reconnect with that forgotten past. Several of his books have incorporated themes from Mexican myths that are told throughout generations such as the middle grade graphic novel, The Chupacabras of the Rio Grande which includes the infamous chupacabra, a creature from Latin American folklore that sucks the blood of livestock, goats, and even people. Pura Belpr award winner, Bowles has written stories that maintain the theme of history and Mexican American folklore. He has written children's books, as well as a middle grade poetry book, They Call Me Guero: A Border Kid's Poems which won the Pura Belpr Honor award, the TIL Best Middle Grade Book award, the Tom s Rivera award, and numerous other honors., Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky is a stunning collection of Aztec folklore and myths passed from generation to generation and, now, writer to reader. The stories in Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky trace the history of the world from its beginnings in the dreams of the dual god, Ometeotl, to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico and the fall of the great city Tenochtitlan. In this book's beautiful language, we learn the history of the Creator Twins--Feathered Serpent and Dark Heart of Sky--and how they built the world on a leviathan's back; of the shape-shifting nahualli; and the aluxes, elfish beings known to help out the occasional wanderer. And finally, we read Aztec tales about the arrival of the blonde strangers from across the sea, the strangers who seek to upend the rule of Moctezuma and destroy the very stories we are reading. David Bowles stitches together the fragmented folklore and mythology of pre-Colombian Mexico into an exciting, unified narrative in the tradition of William Buck's Ramayana , Robert Fagles's Iliad , and Neil Gaiman's Norse Myths . Legends and myths captured David's imagination as a young Latino reader; he was fascinated with epics like the Iliad and the Odyssey . Despite growing up on the United States/Mexico border, he had never read a single Aztec or Mayan myth until he was in college. This experience inspired him to reconnect with that forgotten past.
LC Classification NumberF1219.3.R38B69 2017

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