Francisca Alvarez

Cynthia Ann Parkers family moved to Central Texas when she was about nine years old. A year later, a large force of Comanche warriors attacked Fort Parker and seized Cynthia Ann and four other captives. The other four were eventually released, but she lived among the Indians for 25 years, immersed in the Comanche way of life. Though given a number of opportunities to go back to her white family, she always chose her life with the Comanche, choosing instead to stay with her husband and children. She eventually returned to white society as an adult.

Find out how tools have helped people hunt, build, and make life easier in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. With colorful images, timelines, charts, a glossary to assist with vocabulary improvement, and an index, children will learn how tools throughout time have made such an important impact on life as we know it! Featured eras include the Stone Age and the Industrial Revolution. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Un recorrido por emociones y trastornos como la ansiedad, la depresión, la impotencia, el duelo... monstruos que viven con nosotros y con los que tenemos aprender a luchar o a convivir. Hay monstruos que viven con nosotros y con los que tenemos aprender a luchar o a convivir. Oscuro como mi corazón es abrir una ventana a otras vidas. A otras vidas y también a la nuestra: es un viaje a emociones y situaciones límite que podrían sucedernos a cualquiera de nosotros o que tal vez ya hayamos vivido. Porque hay monstruos que viven en nosotros y a menudo la única salida, nuestro único camino...

Esta obra es una antología que reúne catorce relatos con distintos protagonistas y situaciones y un tema común: la postración moral, la humillación, el acomodo a difíciles supervivencias, de gentes modestas para quienes la guerra civil española fue su herida central y su cicatriz decisiva. Los relatos van precedidos de un prólogo de Camilo José Cela, incorporado en la edición de 1977, y de un prólogo actual a cargo de José María Merino.

Readers won't have to disassemble their favorite toys to discover what makes them work. This book explores electric, magnetic, and motion-powered toys from design to function. It introduces readers to the six simple machines and explains how they use force and motion to do work. Not every toy is a technological marvel. Readers learn about time-honored favorites including the rocking horse, Slinky, and rattles.