The Mayans

Ancient World (Macmillan)

by Pamela Odijk

Describes the Mayan civilization which flourished in southern Mexico and Central America from 250 to 850

48 pages, Hardcover

Published February 28, 1990

About the author

Pamela Odijk is an Australian author of children's history books. She was a former librarian, mainly working in several university libraries, State Library of Queensland, National Library of Australia, and TAFE libraries for over 30 years.
She changed careers and became a full-time author of 27 history books published by Macmillan, a gardening book, and a book on writing published by Information Australia, plus 300 feature articles for various newspapers and popular magazines.
She and her husband Herman Odijk live in Australia, when they are not traveling the world.