SuitabookThe honey jar
Rigoberta Menchú
- Reading
- Try reading a story at a time, then pause to look closely at the illustrations and let your child choose what they would like to discuss.
- Themes
- Traditional Mayan stories: The book retells stories Menchú heard from her grandparents, with natural phenomena, animals and supernatural figures among the subjects. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The stories include the underworld and gods as well as animals and natural phenomena. The detail and tone of these elements are not established.