Francisca Alvarez

Cynthia Ann Parkers family moved to Central Texas when she was about nine years old. A year later, a large force of Comanche warriors attacked Fort Parker and seized Cynthia Ann and four other captives. The other four were eventually released, but she lived among the Indians for 25 years, immersed in the Comanche way of life. Though given a number of opportunities to go back to her white family, she always chose her life with the Comanche, choosing instead to stay with her husband and children. She eventually returned to white society as an adult.

La ilusión se asocia a las ganas de vivir que animan a llevar a cabo proyectos, y también a la alegría, a la esperanza en algo, alguien o en expectativas positivas, favorables y optimistas. La ilusión implica creer en los sueños y sentirse capaz para plantearlos y llevar a cabo conductas para perseguirlos, ser perseverante para conseguirlos, tener esperanza en lograrlos contra las adversidades que puedan aparecer en el camino y hacerlo con ganas y alegría. De la misma manera, está estrechamente ligada a las emociones, los pensamientos y las actitudes y a la acción de cada uno. Muchas...

La celebración de navidad contiene un lenguaje universal, es aquella celebración que se festeja dentro de todos los hogares del mundo. Los clásicos villancicos vuelven a escucharse en una vela de nochebuena, las estrellas vuelven a iluminarse en el cielo, el fervor de diciembre estremece nuestros cuerpos, y las familias regresan al lugar de origen para reencontrarse una noche más. La importancia de la navidad es fundamental dentro de nuestras vidas, simplemente es la consolidación de los perpetuos valores: fraternidad, voluntad, libertad, esperanza, empatía y amor. Aquellos valores que...

My Mexican Heritage is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.4 and Literacy.L.2.4a. Full-page color photographs and narrative nonfiction text teaches readers about Mexican culture, traditions, holidays, and language. This book includes a graphic organizer.

The American Southeast stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, including the states of Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Alabama as well as parts of Virginia and Maryland. But before that region was divided into states, native groups lived there. From how they found food to what their spiritual beliefs were, the book’s main content presents the traditional lifestyles of the Seminole, Choctaw, and Creek peoples, and the other groups that lived in the southeast. Readers learn even more from fun fact boxes and the historical images and full-color photographs that show what...