Mi fiesta de cumpleanos (My Birthday Party)

Trabajadores de mi escuela (Workers at My School) builds critical literacy skills with this exciting Spanish-translated nonfiction reader. Engage students with fascinating content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Focusing on all the different people who work at a school, children will be introduced to different school employees. This informational text features simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, vivid photographs, and large font to encourage students to examine different types of school workers. Aligned with state standards, Trabajadores de mi...

This book uses intriguing primary sources to introduce students to the life of George Washington. The detailed, authentic images and simple, repetitive phrases will engage students in reading and build their social studies content knowledge. For use in the classroom or at home, this Spanish book includes a simple glossary and index to introduce informational text features to young readers and provide additional reading support.

Trabajadores de mi ciudad (Workers in My City) builds critical literacy skills with this exciting Spanish-translated nonfiction reader. Engage students with fascinating content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Focusing on different types of workers, children will be introduced to the people who work hard in the city. This informational text features simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, vivid photographs, and large font to encourage students to examine different types of city workers. Aligned with state standards, Trabajadores de mi ciudad (Workers...

Dar las gracias (Giving Thanks) uses intriguing primary sources to teach students about the first Thanksgiving along with modern-day celebrations of Thanksgiving. The clear, descriptive images and simple phrases will engage students in reading and build their social studies content knowledge. For use in the classroom or at home, this Spanish book includes a simple glossary and index to introduce informational text features to young readers and provide additional reading support.

Los libros considerados clásicos no muerden ni son soporíferos. Este libro supone una invitación a los espíritus curiosos a que comprueben que uno puede leerlos y disfrutar con sus propuestas: basta con liberarse de prejuicios y atreverse a emitir opiniones propias, por extrañas que parezcan. El autor, mediante un personal paseo en compañía de dos héroes (Héctor y el Cid) y dos antihéroes (Henry Fleming y Bartleby), protagonistas de cuatro clásicos, reflexiona sobre los personajes literarios con la intención de contagiar su pasión por la lectura de un modo sencillo y riguroso....

The idea of the Roaring '20s conjures up images of speakeasies, women with short, saucy hairdos, and hot jazz. Readers will learn about the historical events that define this decade, including the devastating war that preceded it. An explanation about project-based learning will help readers understand how it can help them research their topic in unique and interesting ways. Constructive suggestions offer ideas for projects, while encouraging readers to take their studies in new and interesting directions.

Ubicada en un pequeno pueblo del norte de Chile que vera alterada su tranquilidad con la llegada de algunos extranos personajes, relata la historia de dos mujeres, la amnesica giganta blanca Albina, cuya sensualidad transforma a los hombres en una jauria desenfrenada, y La Jaiba, mujer con bigote y joroba, unidas por un azar magico que las relacionara con otros personajes igualmente fuera de lo comun. En esta magnifica novela fantastica, ilustrada por FranC'ois boucq, la prosa de Jodorowsky avanza con un ritmo casi cinematografico, gracias al cual el lector podra atravesar facilmente la tenue ...

La Ilíada, compuesta en el siglo VIII a.C., narra una leyenda micénica situada en el siglo XIII a.C., una edad heroica dominada por los aspectos militares, el individualismo desenfrenado y la persecución de la riqueza y la gloria. La Ilíada cuenta un episodio de la epopeya de la rica y estratégica ciudad de Troya, o Ilión. Es el poema de la cólera de Aquiles, hijo de mortal y diosa y el más destacado de los combatientes griegos, en su afán de heroicidad y sus ansias de venganza. El poema de una gran guerra que afecta a multitud de seres humanos, víctimas del enfrentamiento personal...