Stephen F. Austin: El padre de Texas (The Father of Texas)

Lyndon B. Johnson was born in Texas in the early 1900s. This appealing biography has been translated into Spanish and highlights Johnson's life as he represented Texas in the United States Congress for 24 years and became the 36th President of the United States. Through engaging images, intriguing sidebars and facts, easy to read text, and a supportive glossary and index, readers will learn about interesting topics such as the Higher Education Act, Voting Rights Act, Minority Whip, and the Vietnam War. Readers will be eager to learn more about Johnson's fascinating life as they move from...

Presents profiles of fourteen Latino baseball players who, from 1900 through the 1960s, were pioneers of the sport in their home countries and the United States.

This truly is a strange book. For starters, it talks to the reader. What's more, there are no colors until someone gives it color. Who is going to do this? The reader of course. What better way to do this besides with your fingers and hands? Full of tracing and marks, this story is far from a coloring book.

Rights are things that make life fair for everyone. But sometimes people are treated unfairly. When this happens, we have to stand up for what is right. We have to become civil rights champions! This Spanish nonfiction book will teach students about civil rights, and introduces them to new vocabulary terms and concepts. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents to engage students in reading as they develop their comprehension, vocabulary, and literacy skills. The Reader's Guide and culminating activity require students to connect back to the text as they develop ...

• En los primeros años de fútbol, los árbitros usaban un pañuelo, que agitaban para avisar sobre sus decisiones. En 1878 se introdujo el silbato para dirigir.• Según informes antropológicos hay comunidades aborígenes en Oceanía que no saben quién es el presidente de su país, pero conocen a Maradona, Pelé y Messi.• El Estadio Tamaulipas, en México, se encuentra ubicado geográficamente en dos municipios diferentes: medio campo está en Ciudad Madero y el otro medio, en Tampico.• A los 25 años, Lionel Messi superó a glorias del fútbol, como Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten...