City of the Gods: Mexico's Ancient City of Teotihuacan [Hardcover]

Caroline Arnold (Author), Richard R Hewett (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 17, 1994

Explores the ruins of the ancient metropolis and ceremonial complex of Teotihuacan in the valley of Mexico and explains what life was like for the people who lived there.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6-A highly readable introduction to Teotihuacan. Arnold's succinct, well-written text relates the cultural and social history of this ancient civilization. Coupled with Hewett's fine full-color photographs, the narrative allows readers to walk the streets, climb the pyramids, and view the artistic splendor of a complex culture that profoundly influenced other Mexican and Central American peoples. Leonard Everett Fisher's Pyramid of the Sun, Pyramid of the Moon (Macmillan, 1988) includes a timeline and map to better orient readers, but Arnold provides more extensive cultural background, and Hewett's numerous, full-color photographs give life to the presentation.
Cynthia M. Sturgis, Ledding Library, Milwaukee, OR
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 4-7. Arnold and Hewett bring their expertise to Teotihuac{ }an, the largest and most important city in Mexico and Central America for 800 years. Text and full-color photographs explore the ruins and extrapolate what life was like for the people who lived and worshiped in Teotihuac{ }an. The book spends time describing the gods and goddesses; photos of deities in paintings, in stone (carved large and small), and even in mask form appear throughout, along with the ceremonial centers, including the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon. There is also discussion about the civilizations that came after, including the Toltecs and the Aztecs. Students doing reports will find this a good resource, but the arresting photographs will draw browsers in as well. Ilene Cooper

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Hardcover: 49 pages
• Publisher: Clarion Books; First Edition edition (October 17, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395665841
• ISBN-13: 978-0395665848
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,692,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Caroline Arnold is the author of more than 100 books for children. She writes both fiction and nonfiction and recently has illustrated some of her books with striking cut paper art. To see prints and cards of her illustrations, go to www.etsy.com/shop/CarolineArnoldArt. Recent nonfiction titles include A Polar Bear's World, A Bald Eagle's World, Global Warming and the Dinosaurs, A Panda's World, Giant Sea Reptiles of the Dinosaur Age, Super Swimmers, and Easter Island. Her recent fiction books include Wiggle and Waggle, a collection of five stories for beginning readers, and The Terrible Hodag and the Animal Catchers, a tall tale.
Her books have received awards from the American Library Association, the National Science Teachers Association, P.E.N., and SCBWI. Recently she received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work, the Leo Politi Award from California Readers, and from the Children's Literature Council of Southern California, the Best Written and Illustrated Suite of Nonfiction for children.
Caroline's interest in animals and the out-of-doors began when she was a child growing up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After majoring in art and literature at Grinnell College in Iowa, she received her M.A. in art from the University of Iowa. Some of her new books are illustrated with her own art. Caroline lives in Los Angeles and teaches part-time in the Writer's Program at UCLA Extension.