Biddy Mason: Nace una líder

Biddy Mason's life began as an enslaved person, but she became a successful nurse, midwife, and land owner. She left behind a legacy of caring and charity and influenced Los Angeles’s history. This Spanish biography builds reading comprehension and social studies literacy. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade level. Packed with information and primary source maps, images, and documents, these books are perfect for reports or projects. The Read ...

There is growing concern over how we behave and interact online, from fighting, incivility, rudeness, and even criminal behaviors like cyberbullying, to simply adapting old forms of etiquette to a new landscape. This book, updated from an earlier resource, provides younger readers an introduction to this timely topic, a subject that they are both engaged in forming themselves as "digital natives," and one they also often require guidance in. It informs readers about the polite and productive use of social media networks and mobile platforms and discusses pressing issues of etiquette within...

When people go to sleep, bats are just waking up. While young readers may recognize the image of bats in the night skies, where they live may be less familiar. This title takes readers inside bat roosts to uncover the fascinating facts about this creature. Readers will learn the basics of bat roosts—in caves and beyond—and how they help bats survive in the wild. The text also looks at bat’s appearance, behavior, and the crucial role they play in nature’s ecosystems—topics covered in most elementary science curricula. Diagrams, fact boxes, colorful images encourage learning.

De conventos, cárceles y castillos presenta la biografía de una mujer que busca comprenderse a sí misma y que habla con Teresa de Ávila, una monja que vivió en España en el siglo XVI y a quien la autora admira. Se repite entonces la fascinación por la búsqueda interior del ser, la atracción por el diálogo entre mujeres que viven en lugares y épocas diferentes y el recurso de mezclar hechos reales con irreales, siempre en medio de una atmósfera espiritual. Con maestría y soltura argumental, Camila Reimers nos lleva de la mano por los avatares existenciales de la protagonista, cuya ...

Six titles in the illuminating Who Was . . . ? series are now available in Spanish-language editions. Each title features black-and-white illustrations.