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.

Simple text and photographs introduce USDA's MyPlate tool and present healthy fruit options for children.

Kids often play with magnets, yet they don't learn how these playthings work for many years. Practical knowledge from their play can help them learn more about magnetism, and so can this book. Specially written for those with reading challenges or readers looking for a review, the main text covers important vocabulary, magnetic fields, and a discussion of why metals and magnets come together. Diagrams and succinct fact boxes offer additional ways to learn each concept and explain some ideas in greater detail.

How Do You Get From One Place To The Next? Learn How To Read A Map. Social Studies Based Leveled Readers For Use In Guided Reading And Social Studies Instruction.

¿Dónde vamos hoy? es una colección de cuentos didácticos, complementados con amenas canciones, rimas y pequeñas piezas teatrales, para niños de a partir de 5 años que explican, a través de las divertidas clases y excursiones de nuestra maestra Teresa, la elaboración o el origen de muchos de los alimentos que utilizamos diariamente: el agua, la leche, los huevos, la miel, el pan, el aceite, el chocolate y el arroz. ¿Quieres saber de dónde viene la leche? Pues acompaña a la clase de la maestra Teresa en su visita al pastizal, a la sala de ordeño y a la fábrica de productos...