Clara Barton

Go for the goal with this text, which examines fascinating female sports heroes who’ve proved to the world that gender is no barrier to athletic success. Readers will delight in learning about the lives of Mia Hamm, Wilma Rudolph, and the Williams sisters, as well as other important women who’ve broken barriers in sports. Readers will be inspired to pursue a career in athletics after learning about how others have achieved success in spite of great obstacles. The biographical nature of the text supports social studies curricula, and fact boxes and a comprehensive timeline provide...

Una noche de febrero del año 1938, en Uruguay, Gabriela Mistral visitaba al escritor Emilio Oribe cuando su pequeña hija, Esther, irrumpió en la sala llevando en su mano un precioso pescadito que había encontrado junto a las rocas de una playa de Montevideo. Inspirada en lo ocurrido durante la velada de la noche anterior, la escritora entregó a Oribe este poema siendo el único que Gabriela Mistral escribiera en ese país. El 5 de febrero del año 1967, 29 años después de este viaje a Uruguay y a 10 años de la muerte de la escritora, “La niña del pescadito” fue publicado en el...

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: From tide pools to the ocean, the sea is filled with amazing life forms! Early readers will be engaged from beginning to end with informational, Spanish-translated text, vivid photos, and a picture glossary of marine animals.

Groups of American Indians had been living in the Texas region for thousands of years when American settlers decided to expand westward. This captivating book has been translated into Spanish and explores the history of American Indians in Texas and how each group found different ways to live in the region they inhabited. Readers will learn about a variety of tribes, including Karankawa tribe, Jumano, Caddo, Lipan Apache, and Shoshone and discover how they struggled to survive European colonization, the Indian Removal Act, and American expansion. Other topics include the Dawes Act, Indian...