Las Misiones de California

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 creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. 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...

A collection of words that turn into phrases, phrases that form verses, verses that make songs and songs that tell of adventures, jokes and mischief.

The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court. Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice Sotomayor didn't have a lot growing up, but she had what she needed -- her mother's love, a will to learn, and her own determination. With bravery she became the person she wanted to be. With hard work she succeeded. With little sunlight and only a modest plot from which to grow,...

Insectos is one book in the Spanish-language Gran Atlas de la Ciencia series that covers today's most popular science topics, from digital TV to microchips to touchscreens and beyond. Perennial subjects in earth science, life science, and physical science are all explored in detail. Amazing graphics--more than 1,000 per title--combined with concise summaries help students understand complex subjects. Correlated to the science curriculum in grades 5-9, each title also contains a glossary with full definitions for vocabulary.

Queridos amigos, Aprendí a leer desde muy niña buenas lecturas, cuando ya leía de “corrido" me nutrí en la biblioteca de mi abuelo, un militar ermitaño ya pensionado; mi imaginación también volaba oyendo los cuentos de las tertulias de antaño, que se daban en expresiones de admiración de temor, y de risas y cololoquios de familias pueblerinas. Hoy a mis años, las mezclas de entre los recuerdos y los sueños y en mi soledad la visita de alguno que otro fantasma que comparte conmigo amablemente lo que fueron sus vidas, me han abismado al mundo de la imaginación y de las letras, no...