Words Are Not for Hurting / Las palabras no son para lastimar

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...

Today is Mauro's Birthday. Everything is ready for the celebration; his friends have a lot of presents for him.

¡Ñee! ¡Hola, gente! ¡Soy Pacheco Cara Floja! Y en este nuevo libro quiero contaros cómo salvé la Tierra de una gran amenaza intergaláctica... Todo empezó cuando maté a aquel mosquito molesto de un golpe de remo. Bueno, el caso es que no era un mosquito, era un ser de otro planeta... ¡Qué demonios! ¿Cómo iba yo a saber que por haber acabado con ese bicho fastidioso una panda de alienígenas se iban a enfadar tanto? La única forma de salvar al planeta Tierra de la destrucción es viajar a Proteus y donar una muestra de mi ADN. Pero... ¿qué es lo que oculta Kran, el temible...

Some people are afraid of mice, but these tiny critters are full of interesting facts. Through both English and standard Latin-American Spanish, learn how little mice are taken care of and how some of these itty bitty animals are even kept as pets or used to run tests. From tiny pink pups to wild mice invading your home, these animals will help readers learn definitions and early concepts with the use of full-color pictures and a great picture glossary. Strong picture-text correlation aids in comprehension Reading level supports beginning readers Picture glossary helps develop vocabulary...