Pegatinas: Las Princesas del Hielo

In 1991, preparation for the construction of a new federal office building led to a startling discovery: a skeleton. Further excavation exposed the bones of 420 men, women, and children. This area of New York had been a burial ground set aside for both free and enslaved Africans during the 1600s and 1700s. It’s thought to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. This noteworthy book—which includes sidebars, fact boxes, a timeline, and maps—fills in the gaps of history books, exposing much about what life was like in colonial New York for Africans.

Death Valley is one of the hottest and driest deserts of the world! Readers are taken on an adventure through Death Valley to learn about the plants and animals that survive in this dry, hot desert landscape in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Featuring vivid photographs, informational text, and riveting facts about desert ecology, readers will be fascinated from beginning to end!

Correlated to the science curriculum, our Spanish-language series describes how the types of homes that different animals build reflect adaptations to their environments. Through simple, easy-to-follow text, each volume looks at each type of home as a shelter from predators and weather and a place to store food and raise young. Young readers also learn how animal homes and human homes fulfill similar needs and functions.

Crónicas personales que muestran ciertas ciudades desde una óptica única, ingeniosa, divertida, intrépida. En La piel del mundo encontramos a Gumucio moviéndose como pez en el agua en uno de los registros que lo ha convertido en una voz inconfundible de la actual literatura latinoamericana: la no ficción personal. Reformulación radical de Páginas coloniales, de 2006, con varias páginas más y sobre todo varias páginas menos La piel del mundo narra las peripecias del autor en ciudades como Barcelona, Madrid, Puerto Príncipe y Nueva York. El cronista aparece acá bajo la forma de un...