La Misión de La Purísima Concepción (Discovering Mission La Purísima Concepción)

Learn about the rich history of Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.

When the Pilgrims landed near Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 they were unprepared for the challenges they would face. Many Pilgrims died until Squanto, a Patuxet Indian, taught them how to survive. To give thanks for a good year, the Pilgrims threw a huge feast, later called Thanksgiving.

A picture-book biography of St. Pedro Claver (d. 1654), a Spanish Jesuit missionary to the New World, who is the patron saint of slaves.

Readers will learn about one of their favorite farm animals--pigs! This title is informative--telling readers what pigs eat, what they look like, and how we use pig products every day. The text is very simple, which will reinforce early reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

"Poesia cosmica, que es la poesia de un siglo nuevo, poesia para una humanidad en vias de superar los estrechos dogmatismos del excluyente pensamiento occidental. Poesia polifonica que recoge todas las voces, todos los mitos, todos los discursos marginales...Poesia de la totalidad como la quiso Dante y la pretendio Pound."