Jackie Robinson

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...

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....

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.

Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in fighting for Civil Rights for all people. In this Spanish-translated biography, readers will learn about his inspirational life as he fought for equality of African Americans through nonviolence. The rich photos, supportive text, helpful glossary, timeline, table of contents, and index give readers important information for understanding King's fight against Jim Crow Laws.

When Vladan Borojevic googles the name of his father Nedeljko, a former officer in the Yugoslav People's Army, supposedly killed in the civil war after the decay of Yugoslavia, he unexpectedly discovers a dark family secret which recollects the events of 1991. Seventeen years later, Vladan's discovery that he is the son of a fugitive war criminal sends him off on a journey around the Balkans to find his elusive father. The story of the Borojevic family strings and juxtaposes images of the Balkans past and present, but mainly deals with the tragic fates of people who managed to avoid the...

Los poetas que aparecen cuando el reciente fin de siglo suelen jugar con los crepúsculos y con Emily Dickinson. María Elena Hernández Caballero asombra con misteriosos diálogos postreros desde su primer libro. Siempre se está yendo. Esa es la esencial característica órfica que transmite. Una urgente intranquilidad, a la expectativa siempre, señala que el mundo es una esfera que Dios hace bailar sobre un pingüino ebrio. Y el lector de inmediato busca la matriz. La encuentra y se le pierde una y otra vez, uno y otro poema, entre derrotas y ramas rotas. Es un payaso que observa las...

Mildred y Ricardo, jamás imaginaron que sus vidas estuvieran tan unidas por un destino paradójico que los llevaría por caminos inimaginablesMildred, una niña de 14 años con una belleza abrumadora, pero vacía de afectos familiares conoce a su temprana edad un drama que lo llevaría a cometer la más alta degradación, tan solo por el gran afecto que le tiene a su único hermano desde pequeña.Ricardo un joven adolescente, que tan solo desea más atención en el hogar, que al no recibirlo empieza a vivir a su propio criterio, que lo llevaría a la debacle de su vida.Esta es la historia de ...

Manual de campo para descubrir aves y pájaros. Observar y reconocer las aves en su medio natural, en libertad, diferenciarlas por el color y forma de su plumaje, por la silueta que tienen en vuelo o por su canto es una experiencia magnífica para realizar en familia, durante cualquier estación del año y en cualquier lugar de la península Ibérica. Esta guía de aves y pájaros presenta las 50 variedades de aves más comunes en nuestros humedales, bosques y riberas de ríos y estanques, litorales marítimos y extensas áreas de diferentes cultivos agrícolas, así como en algunas zonas...