Rain Player

The ancient Mayan belief that the future was divinely decreed and could not be changed is the basis for this original tale of a boy who must defeat the Rain God in a ball game to save his people from disaster. Mayan art and architecture were the inspiration for the spectacular cut-paper artwork. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780395720837 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication Date: 09-18-1995 Pages: 32 Product Dimensions: 10.81(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.12(d) Age Range: 10 - 12 YearsAbout the Author David Wisniewski (wiz-NESS-key) was born in Middlesex, England, in 1953. After training at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, he spent three years as a clown, designing and constructing his own props, costumes, and gags. He was subsequently hired by his future wife, Donna, as a performer with a traveling puppet theatre. Married six months later, the Wisniewskis started their own troupe, Clarion Shadow Theatre, specializing in shadow puppetry. In the