Círculos de misterio

Un fenómeno viene sucediendo a lo largo del orbe con cierta frecuencia en los últimos siglos: la aparición de una bellísima mujer –que no es de este mundo– que se presenta vestida de sol y coronada de estrellas, que de forma inesperada, en medio de estruendos luminosos, se le ve en cuevas, sobre árboles, en lo alto de iglesias o simplemente sostenida en el cielo; que hace nacer aguas curativas del suelo, danzar al sol, llover pétalos blancos y cambia profundamente los corazones de los hombres. Entre nosotros, la mayoría la llama Virgen María, pero ha recibido otros nombres en...

When President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from cash-strapped France in 1803, he doubled the size of the United States without really knowing what he was getting. He dispatched Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery to explore a territory that would include part or all of fifteen future states and to seek a water route to the West Coast. Westward expansion began immediately, all for the bargain price of 15 million dollars. This book richly explores this fascinating part of history.

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.

The second book from Dr. Maria Uribe, a Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado Denver in the School of Education & Human Development, Is There Something Wrong With Me? provides concrete examples of micro-aggressions and discrimination--rooted in race, ethnicity, and gender--that children face. Designed to elicit empathy and conversation about identity and belonging, the book further suggests at-home and classroom activities to dismantle social bias.

Simple text and photographs introduce the concept of "skip counting," or counting by groups of a certain number, and present items for practice.