Honremos a nuestros héroes: Día de los Veteranos (Remembering Our Heroes: Veterans Day)

Introduce young students to George Washington, founding father and first president of the United States. This Spanish-translated nonfiction biography teaches readers about the life and accomplishments of George Washington, and helps them understand why we celebrate his life. Readers will be engaged and build their literacy skills and social studies content knowledge.

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. Students will learn what life was like for people living in the Southern Colonies. 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...

Rights are things that make life fair for everyone. But sometimes people are treated unfairly. When this happens, we have to stand up for what is right. We have to become civil rights champions! This Spanish nonfiction book will teach students about civil rights, and introduces them to new vocabulary terms and concepts. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents to engage students in reading as they develop their comprehension, vocabulary, and literacy skills. The Reader's Guide and culminating activity require students to connect back to the text as they develop ...

There are thousands of species of bees, and not all are yellow and black. However, the telltale yellow and black of the honeybee and bumblebee are the best known. Beginning readers explore the world of bees and find out what keeps them busy all day. From flying from flower to flower to making honey, the details in this book are both familiar and new to curious future entomologists. Full-color detailed photographs complement the low-ATOS text, making it the perfect addition to any early elementary library or classroom.

El conocimiento de la espiritualidad oriental y de las formas más arcaicas de enfrentamiento humano con lo sagrado, que ha permitido ampliar considerablemente el campo de investigación de las religiones comparadas, debe a Mircea Eliade contribuciones fundamentales. " El mito del eterno retorno " es una original introducción a la Filosofía de la Historia cuyo objeto de estudio son los mitos y creencias de las sociedades tradicionales, movidas por la nostalgia del regreso a los orígenes y rebeldes contra el tiempo concreto. Las categorías en que se expresa esa negación de la historia son ...

Lara Finch lives a lie. Everyone thinks she is happily married to the faithful Sam. She is actually super bored and misses working. Behind Sam's back, she takes a job in London. Twice a week she takes the sleeper train, where she meets Ellen and Guy. One Friday, Lara disappears from the train without a trace. Her friend Iris does not believe the official story she is told about the disappearance and decides to start her own investigation. Iris cannot believe what she finds out.

Esta obra es una aproximación crítica al estudio de las relaciones de Manolo Millares Sall (1926-1972) con la historia de su convulso tiempo y la influencia de éste en la pintura, en su creación en general. Partiendo de una imagen guardada por Millares en su álbum personal de recuerdos, la fotografía de 1945 de los Mussolini colgados en la plaza Loreto de Milán, el autor revisa la conmoción que los tiempos en los que vivió, y el conocimiento de ciertos hechos trágicos de los mismos, derivaron hacia su sentido artístico. La destrucción y el amor corrían parejos por páramos...