César Chávez 6-Pack

This Spanish-translated biography introduces readers to Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Featuring lively images and inspirational text in conjunction with a helpful glossary, index, and timeline of Robinson's life, this title will engage readers as they read about Jackie's life as a college athlete, his start in the Negro League, his stand against segregation, and how he became the first person to ever get named Rookie of the Year.

George Washington Carver was a skilled botanist who became famous for his work with peanuts and other plants. Readers will discover the captivating life of this incredible scientist in this engaging scientific biography translated in Spanish. Using colorful photos and graphs, children will learn why Carver was known as "The Plant Doctor" as a child and how his work with peanuts, sweet potatoes, and pecans helped change the way people used plants! The helpful glossary and index aid in better understanding of the content, while a simple, interesting experiment leaves Spanish-speaking children...

Young readers will learn the ways that César Chávez fought to protect the rights and lives of migrant workers in this inspiring Spanish-translated biography that gives history behind protests and developments of unions that Chávez led. Vivid images and an interesting timeline of Chávez's life work in conjunction with supportive text and a helpful glossary, table of contents, and index to engage readers from cover to cover.

Act out the story of two boy scouts who learn the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance! This script has been translated into Spanish and features roles written to match different reading levels, supporting differentiation and English language learner strategies. By utilizing these strategies, teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on everyone's current reading level. This feature allows everyone to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! All readers can gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability....

In this stimulating, Spanish-translated nonfiction book, readers will discover the various types of friction--including rolling friction, sliding friction, fluid friction, and static friction--and the huge impact it has on nature, machines, and our lives. In addition, readers are encouraged to perform basic experiments to assist in the understanding of friction, kinetic energy, and water resistance. With real-life examples, colorful images, accommodating graphs and charts, and informational text, this title will inspire and engage children.

En palabras del propio Octavio Paz "este libro se fue haciendo poco a poco a través de los años, sin un plan fijo". La edición que hoy se publica se fue gestando durante más de cincuenta años y el título, "Libertad bajo palabra", nombra varios textos publicados a lo largo de la vida del poeta. Un libro que es también una vida, tal como su autor la ha reescrito sucesivamente. La colaboración del propio Octavio Paz, aclarando problemas del texto y señalando las fuentes de algunas alusiones, ha sido definitiva para el establecimiento de esta edición. -- From publisher's website.

Con palabras provenientes de un Dios de amor sobre el valiente hombre de honor que él será algún día. Él sueña con castillos, caballeros y atrevidas aventuras imaginarias... ¡pero ya es el hijo de un Rey real, y parte de un reino real! En una conversación hermosamente ilustrada entre ese Rey y su hijo guerrero, Gran Guerrero ofrece la verdad referente a lo que significa crecer siendo fuerte, valiente y veraz.

"Uses simple text and photographs to describe how to make and use bar graphs--in both English and Spanish"--