Nuevo español 2000, Nivel medio

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...

"While preparing for Christmas in Puerto Rico, seven-year-old Esmeralda asks the Three Magi for a baby doll like her cousin's, but when they bring something else instead she gains a deeper understanding of the meaning of the holiday."

The eccentric millionaire, Pichicato Ramírez, loves to collect rare items but he goes too far when one day he makes a terrible deal that effects the entire town of Olotlán, including his nephew, Jacinto. Will Pichicato Ramírez learn that people are more important than collecting things.

"Simple text and color photographs introduce kinds of motion, including motion powered by wind, water, and electricity--in both English and Spanish"--