"A young Aztec girl tells her little brother how their parents create beautiful painted manuscripts, or codices. She explains to him how paper is made from local plants and how the long paper is folded into a book. Her parents and others paint the codices to tell the story of their people's way of life, documenting their history, science, tributes, and sacred rituals. Duncan Tonatiuh's lyrical prose and beloved illustration style, inspired by the...

Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court in Chichen Itza, Mexico in 1000 A.D., where they must play for their lives against a Mayan High Priest who cheats.