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How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. Introduce students to California’s early settlers including John Bidwell, Jim Beckwourth, Jedediah Smith, Sarah Royce, Charley Parkhurst, Kit Carson, the Donner party, and more. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they...

An elementary introduction to the workings of the human body, the skeleton, skin, circulation, and nervous system.

Award-winning author Jorge Argueta treats young readers to a bilingual recipe/poem for the classic Latin American version of rice pudding with cinnamon. From sprinkling the rice into the pot to adding a waterfall of white milk followed by cinnamon sticks, salt stars, and sugar snow, Argueta’s recipe is both easy to follow and poetic. Lively illustrations by highly acclaimed Brazilian artist Fernando Vilela feature an enthusiastic young cook who finds no end of joy in making and then slurping up the rice pudding with his family. In Argueta’s world, cooking not only satisfies hunger with...

Este libro, Jugar a pensar con cuentos, narra las aventuras de la simpática mariquita Juanita que viajando por el mundo trae distintos cuentos, como recuerdos, en su mochila. Y como ese personaje sigue inquieto, su historia si llena de cuestionamientos sobre todo lo que los cuentos le hacen pensar. Este libro es un viaje reflexivo que invita a los niños a pensar mientras se divierten con Juanita y sus interrogantes.