Las naciones indigenas de California (California's Indian Nations)

This nonfiction book explores the history, culture, customs, and beliefs of California's American Indian tribes including the Chumash, Tongva, Hupa, Yokuts, Quechan, and Coso tribes. Detailed primary source images in conjunction with Spanish text provide 3rd grade students with an inviting reading and learning experience as they build their social studies knowledge. This book includes basic informational text features including a glossary, an index, table of contents, and reader's guide. Students will be intrigued by Native American history with this fascinating nonfiction Spanish book.

In this biographical book, young readers will learn about the brave life of Harriet Tubman. Readers will discover how Tubman bravely escaped from her life as a slave to cross the Mason-Dixon line into freedom and how she helped hundreds of other slaves into freedom through the Underground Railroad with the help of abolitionists. The vivid images, stunning facts, and supportive text work in conjunction with the helpful glossary, index, and timeline of Tubman's life to give readers an engaging experience as they move from cover to cover. This book has been translated into Spanish.

On some days, seven-year old Julie feels like she's living in a Fun House. Hers is a topsy-turvy world where the toaster sprouts a toothbrush, and a watermelon gets dressed up in pink underpants for Fourth of July! But on other days, Julie struggles with understanding why her Halloween trick-or-treating got cancelled, or why Grandma can't remember her name. Julie is struggling with understanding her grandmother's Alzheimer's disease. Authors Max Wallack and Carolyn Given believe that no child is too young to learn about this disease, or how to participate in providing safe care for their...

After several military accomplishments, Mirabeau B. Lamar entered the world of Texas politics. Elected president in 1838, Lamar faced a host of problems with mixed success. His advocacy for education laid the framework for public education in Texas.

Benedicto XVI es el sucesor de Pedro, a quien Jesús encomendó la tarea de guiar la Iglesia como primer Papa. Este libro ilustrado recoge algunos fragmentos de los encuentros que el Papa tiene los miércoles en Roma con los peregrinos, que se llaman «Audiencias generales», dedicadas a los doce apóstoles y a san Pablo. El Papa nos toma de la mano y nos acompaña a descubrir quiénes eran los primeros compañeros de Cristo, cómo lo encontraron y cómo los conquistó hasta llegar a decidir que no lo abandonarían nunca. Hablando de Juan, el discípulo más joven y el predilecto, el que en...