California: Nace un estado (California: Becoming a State)

This Spanish nonfiction book gives students a close-up look at media by exploring all forms and how it plays an important role in society. Ideal for young readers, the book includes a glossary and a short fiction piece related to the topic. Students will learn to tell the difference between facts and opinions with this exciting book and the accompanying extension activity. This 32-page full-color Spanish book defines media, explains how to separate fact from fiction. It also covers important ideas like democracy and censorship, plus includes an extension activity for grade 3. Perfect for the...

Meet six women who did great things. They were leaders in politics, civil rights, healthcare, science, and sports. They helped and inspired others. All of them followed their dreams. Discover the journeys they took. This inspiring Spanish book introduces second grade students to the lives of notable women including Marie Curie, Clara Barton, Wilma Rudolph, Rosa Parks, and more. Engaging images in conjunction with easy-to-read text and basic text features provide readers with an inviting reading and learning experience.

Teach early readers about responsibility and empathy with this beautifully illustrated retelling of the Aesop fable, The Grasshopper and The Ant. With a short chapter format and table of contents, this Spanish fiction book includes pre-reading questions.

- 'Zits' debuted in July, 1997 in more than 200 newspapers - one of the strongest strip introductions in years. It went on to win the Best Comic Strip award from the National Cartoonist Society two years in a row, and to appear in more than 1100 newspapers. Variety has reported that scribe Adam "Tex" Davis (Big Fat Liar) has signed on to adapt 'Zits, ' into a Universal Pictures feature film.- Coming-of-age stories that draw on the author's family history, are one of the most frequent subjects, for major Hispanic-American writers; these include: Oscar Zeta Acosta (Autobiography of a Brown...

José María de Mena, cordobés de nacimiento, es Doctor en Filosofía y Letras, especializado en Historia, Licenciado en Ciencias de la Información y Diplomado en Teología. Desde 1946 ha desarrollado su intensa labor docente (en Sevilla y Bogotá), su labor periodística de divulgación de temas históricos (en ABC, Diario Madrid, Diario Da Manha de Lisboa y El Siglo de Bogotá) y su inmensa tarea editorial de divulgación de temas históricos de las ciudades de Sevilla, Córdoba, Barcelona, Madrid y de la historia de España a través de de treinta y ocho libros sobre asuntos de interés...

¿Sabías que algunos dinosaurios eran tan grandes como un edificio de tres pisos y otros tan pequeños como un gorrión? Unos cazaban en solitario y otros en grupos organizados. ¡Algunos comían piedras! Descubre cosas asombrosas de estas increíbles criaturas. Dani, Evan y Bizcoché quieren contarte todo lo que saben de ellos. ¡Una espectacular guía con más de 100 dinosaurios!

Students will gain a deeper understanding of the Cold War by delving into major social studies topics in this project-based examination. The volume presents a series of broad questions touching on major themes in the social studies curriculum. Each question is accompanied by several paragraphs examining that question in the context of the Cold War, as well as a detailed project that prompts readers to think critically and present their findings or opinions in a particular format, such as a poster with side-by-side comparisons, a persuasive essay, or a class presentation.