Beautiful Belize Reef is the 4th book in the preschool series: Caye to Learning. The concepts of shapes, sizes, and spatial relationships are taught using the Belize Barrier Reef marine world. Fish, corals, and other marine creatures swim about with circles, squares, and triangles. Fish show the child different sizes. Sharks are found in front of or behind corals. All the concepts are beautifully illustrated with Jim Beveridge’s photographs. The index identifies all the marine life shown in the book.

Subtle yet rich descriptions of culture, society, and family life in Belize adorn Zee Edgell’s beautifully narrated story of a short time in the life of 14-year-old Beka Lamb. Through flashbacks, points on politics and independence are animated since Belize’s political struggles for independence reflect Beka’s developing maturity and need to assert herself. Two main features of this heartwarming story are Beka’s penchant for lying and her relationship with her older friend Troycie, whose troubling choices lead her down a self-destructive path. The pride of winning an essay contest at her convent school releases Beka’s grief over Troycie and empowers her to embrace the next phase of her life.

BELIZE is the saga of a Central American father and his two sons-one American and one Belizean-who struggle against a forbidding land, and often with each other. This is the compelling story of a family and a nation searching for their identities.

Birding in Belize with Colours uses photographs of birds taken in Belize by photographer Jim Beveridge to help the child learn the primary colors. The interactive method used in this book is fun for the child and the parent.

Counting Belize Frogs and Toads presents a number of concepts using wildlife photographs of frogs and toads taken in Belize. Numbers will jump out for the children. The book is designed to help the parent/guardian/educator teach young children about numbers in a fun and interactive method enjoyable to the child and the adult.

Introducing COUNTRY JUMPER, a young world traveler with an engaging personality. He will guide readers on a tour around the world and expose them to many different cultures. Children can step on board with COUNTRY JUMPER as he educates them on each country with a brief synopsis of its history, national treasures, places to visit, etc. Each book will inspire their curiosity to visit each country and inform them of fun activities for kids if they get an opportunity to venture into one of these countries. The series, consisting of 205 books, targets children ages 9 through 16; however, the information is relevant for anyone looking for a quick overview of other countries.

Follow beloved Dooley Bear in his continued world travels! Latest stop: Belize. Where Dooley Bear answers the age-old questions: Where’d ya go? Whatcha do? Who’d ya meet? Whatcha eat?

Cubola published this definitive illustrated guide to the orchids of Belize for the Belize Botanic Gardens. The garden was established in 1997, and its mission is to protect Belize’s floral biodiversity and serve as an information resource for the local and international community, government, industry, and the scientific community.

Join Captain Jada from the Global Squad as she travels to beautiful Belize and encounters exotic wildlife, an ancient civilization, and a melting pot of cultures. Discover how you, too, can learn to protect the Belizean Barrier Reef and other underwater world treasures across the globe. The Pilots and Places educational book series endeavors to be both informative and hands-on in its content. While it shares facts about a country’s people, culture, language, and history, it also provides practical country-related activities to engage readers to learn by doing.

Kylee on the Go – Belize is the first in a travel-inspired children’s book series. Kylee is a curious girl with a zest for knowledge and exploration. Join her as she explores new environments, food, and cultural experiences. Her first adventure is to Belize!

It doesn’t take long to discover that Belize is a land of contrasts. Many differences are soon found, from the poverty and disarray of the cities to the quiet countryside. With poverty and crime rampant in cities such as Belize City and Belmopan, the traveler must be constantly aware of his surroundings and protect whatever is being carried. Remember, that camera hanging around your neck is worth more than the average Belizean earns in a year. All that aside, the Mayan people are wonderfully warm, many of whom go out of their way to please visitors. Traveling into the countryside, one discovers thatch roof homes without doors or windows. Because of the warm climate, they can live comfortably all year with a gentle breeze flowing through the open windows and doors. I was struck with the concept that although no utility lines were visible, many homes had a satellite dish in the front yard.

The Maya created one of the world’s most brilliant civilizations, famous for its art, astronomy, and deep fascination with the mystery of time. Despite the collapse in the ninth century, the Spanish invasion in the sixteenth, and the civil war in the twentieth, eight million people in Guatemala, Belize, and southern Mexico speak Mayan languages and maintain their resilient culture to this day. Traveling through Central America’s jungles and mountains, Ronald Wright explores the ancient roots of the Maya, their recent troubles, and prospects for survival. Embracing history, anthropology, politics, and literature. Time Among the Maya is a riveting journey through past magnificence and the study of an enduring civilization with much to teach the present.

This engaging ethnography is set in the remote district of Toledo in Belize, Central America, where three women weave personal stories about the events in their lives. Each describes her experiences of motherhood, marriage, family illness, emigration, separation, work, or domestic violence that led her to recognize gender inequality and then do something about it. All three challenge the culture of gender at home and in the larger community.