The Ugly One (21 page)

Van de Grier, Susan, illus. by Mary Jane Gerber.
A Gift for Ampato.
Ontario: Groundwood Books, 1999.

 

WEBSITES

Websites About the Incan Empire

42explo re2.com/inca.htm

Links to websites about the Incas, including sites

developed by kids for kids.

 

incas.mrdonn.org/index.html

A website with links to articles about everything from the geography of the Inca Empire to llama legends to Inca roads and bridges. Play games or take a virtual tour of the Inca trail.

 

kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/geographygames/brainteaserinca

Test how much you know about the Inca Empire with this interactive game.

 

kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/2009/07/13/mckenna-on-the-inca-trail-and-the-sun-gate

A blog about hiking to the sun gate, the entrance to Machu Picchu, written from the point of view of students traveling in Peru.

 

pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/lost-inca-empire.html

Information on the lost Inca Empire.

 

Website About Modern-Day Inca

incas.org

Information about and photos of modern-day Inca people.

 

Websites About Machu Picchu

docbert.org/MP

A single view of Machu Picchu that allows you to zoom in and out and move around the complete archaeological site.

 

machupicchu360.travel

360-degree interactive views of Machu Picchu.

 

pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/ghosts-machu-picchu.html

A description and link to “Ghosts of Machu Picchu,” a fifty-minute PBS Nova video.

 

whc.unesco.org/en/list/274

Information and photos of Machu Picchu, with links to other websites.

 

Websites About the Quechua Language

andes.org/q_index.html

Basic Quechua language lessons in vocabulary, grammar, and common phrases and dialogue.

freelang.net/online/quechua_cuzco.php?lg=gb

A Quechua-to-English and English-to-Quechua translator.

 

quechua.org.uk

Information about the Quechua language, including recordings for pronunciation.

 

MUSIC

CDs

 

Inkuyo.
Land of the Incas: Music of the Andes.
Fortuna Records, 1991.

Malki, Yurac.
Traditional Music of the Incas. Legacy International, 1995.

Sulca, Ayllu.
Music of the Incas: Andean Harp & Violin
Music from Ayacucho.
Lyrichord Discs Inc., 1992.

 

Website

andes.org/songs.html
Traditional songs in Quechua translated into English and Spanish. Includes videos of the songs being performed and free music downloads.

L
EANNE
S
TATLAND
E
LLIS
teaches third to fifth graders in the Chicago area. She was inspired to write
The Ugly One,
her first novel, by her travels in Peru, including two visits to Machu Picchu. She lives near Chicago with her husband and daughter.