Cruzar un continente (Crossing a Continent)

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 book focuses on the history of California's missions. 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 documents,...

La promoción de la lectura en el ámbito escolar, la dictadura de los best-seller, la experiencia del autor frente a los textos de otros o el valor del acto lector son algunos de los temas que Ana María MAchado trata en este libro: un conjunto de textos que reflejan el pensamiento de esta autora e investigadora de literatura infantil y juvenil, con un denominador común: la lectura como única forma de posible de entender y mejorar el mundo.

Fotografías que cuentan historias explora dos narraciones entremezclades: la historia de la fotografía en México y la historia de México en fotografías. Mediante preguntas, el libro aborda el riquísimo panorama y fotográfico al que contribuyeron autores mexicanos y extranjeros desde 1840.

This book describes the process of plant growth through vocabulary rich text and descriptive photographs. Readers will explore a plant as it grows from a seed to a tall plant in the sun.

The Mapuches established themselves in the eleventh century in what is now Argentina and Chile. Their literature is very rich and oral in nature, which highlights the legends that speak of their Gods, beliefs, customs, and stories of their encounters with enemies.