Las naciones indigenas de California (California's Indian Nations)

This nonfiction book explores the history, culture, customs, and beliefs of California's American Indian tribes including the Chumash, Tongva, Hupa, Yokuts, Quechan, and Coso tribes. Detailed primary source images in conjunction with Spanish text provide 3rd grade students with an inviting reading and learning experience as they build their social studies knowledge. This book includes basic informational text features including a glossary, an index, table of contents, and reader's guide. Students will be intrigued by Native American history with this fascinating nonfiction Spanish book.

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. This primary source biography focuses on the life and times of Junípero Serra, the Franciscan missionary who created missions that stretched from San Francisco to San Diego. 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...

Compendio de poemas pertenecientes al periodo del romanticismo en la literatura espaola. En las Leyendas, Bcquer expone sus teoras sobre la poesa y el amor. Sin embargo, fueron sus Rimas las que le aportaron mayor fama, ya que iniciaron la corriente romntica de poesa intimista inspirada en Heine y opuesta a la retrica y ampulosidad de poetas romnticos anteriores. Las Rimas han sido publicadas en numerosas ocasiones y su influencia en toda la poesa moderna ha sido definitiva. Las ms conocidas de ellas son El monte de las nimas, El rayo de luna y El beso.

La mitología y el reino de los seres vivos se unen en esta nueva entrega de la serie de ASTROMITOS de Carlos Pazos, creador de Futuros Genios. Plantas y animales que deben sus nombres a los mitos más conocidos o fascinantes pueblan las páginas de este libro. ¿Cuánto de nuestro ADN compartimos con los chimpancés? ¿Qué se esconde en el fondo del mar? ¿Cuántas formas puede adoptar el diablo? Encuentra las respuestas a todas estas preguntas en Biomitos y... nunca volverás a ver el planeta Tierra de la misma manera.

Youngsters will smell the burning rubber as they discover the unique features of powerful vehicles, learning how they race, spin, bounce, jump, and sometimes even crash.

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.