Mentes inquietas

Recounts the life of Cuban violinist Claudio José Domingo Brindis de Salas, a black child who was born free and began his career as a musical prodigy to become a noted concert musician in Paris, while slavery still existed on the island.

This book is primarily intended to help Spanish learners in achieving great performance on the Spanish DELE exam, specifically for the level A1. In addition, it may also assist native speakers of Spanish who want to acquire, refresh or improve their knowledge to become linguistic educators. It’s important to highlight that speaking a language does not guarantee success in a specific examination. This is due to the structured design of the test, with particular questions which aim to evaluate the diverse skills of the language learners. There is a variety of questions organized by tasks and...

Trabajadores de mi ciudad (Workers in My City) builds critical literacy skills with this exciting Spanish-translated nonfiction reader. Engage students with fascinating content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Focusing on different types of workers, children will be introduced to the people who work hard in the city. This informational text features simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, vivid photographs, and large font to encourage students to examine different types of city workers. Aligned with state standards, Trabajadores de mi ciudad (Workers...

Tomando como hilo conductor a un joven lector y a Peter Kein, el protagonista de Auto de fe, Felipe Benítez Reyes nos transporta a través de la historia de la escritura, desde los egipcios a las quemas públicas del Tercer Reich, y nos muestra, gracias a un conjunto de datos y anécdotas interesantes, la trascendencia, naturalidad y significación del acto de la lectura para la existencia humana.