num_pages: 32
description: From the time they lived in jungle cities with huge stone pyramids, the Mayan people have believed that corn is the spirit of life. This story tells how the first people on earth were actually made from corn. Beginning in the present-day, this lively story explains how important corn is and has always been to the Mayan people of Central America. The story explains how Plumed Serpent and Heart of Sky created everything in the world - except people. But these powerful gods made mistakes creating humans until they realized that they needed the wisdom of Grandmother of Light to help them. Bold, bright borders and patterns based on traditional Mayan symbols and cloths add to the vibrant paintings that dramatize this well-told folktale.
language: English
title: People of Corn: A Mayan Story
titlecomplete: People of Corn: A Mayan Story
genres: Childrens
ratings_count: 34
publisher: Little Brown & Co