Junípero Serra

Learn how streets are fixed, sidewalks get added, and new schools are built with this Spanish nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a glossary, an additional project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book describes the many ways individuals can make changes in their communities. It also covers essential civics topics such as leadership and voting, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore voting, local...

Junípero Serra was an influential Franciscan missionary who created missions that stretched from San Francisco to San Diego. His impact on California is still felt-and debated-today. Introduce students to his life with this nonfiction biography that builds students' reading skills and promotes social studies content literacy. The dynamic primary source maps, letters, and images provide authentic nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in learning. Text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California state...

This nonfiction book explores the history, culture, customs, and beliefs of California's American Indian tribes including the Chumash, Tongva, Hupa, Yokuts, Quechan, and Coso tribes. Detailed primary source images in conjunction with Spanish text provide 3rd grade students with an inviting reading and learning experience as they build their social studies knowledge. This book includes basic informational text features including a glossary, an index, table of contents, and reader's guide. Students will be intrigued by Native American history with this fascinating nonfiction Spanish book.

Inka rulers led a huge empire with grand palaces. They had incredible riches. Artists made statues out of gold and silver. The Inka also made masterpieces out of grass. Their grass bridges crossed deep canyons. These engineering marvels let soldiers and messengers travel around the empire. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering...

Estructurado en doce unidades; Enfoque comunicativo; Estudio inductivo de la gramática; Resumen nocio-funcional.

Combine valuable fourth grade math and literacy skills in a purposeful way with the Spanish-translated math reader Viajes: Por tierra, aire y mar (Journeys: Land, Air, Sea). Focusing on the critical skills that 4th graders need to know to advance to the next level, this book incorporates key math concepts into an engaging text that introduces students to different types of maps, including street maps to moon maps. Students will identify map symbols, keys, compasses, grid coordinates, and map ratios. Filled with mathematical charts, diagrams, and practice problems, the text features in this...

Publicada hace casi una década (2012), Nadie es eterno de Alejandro José López ha venido a consolidarse entre el público lector y la crítica literaria como una de las más destacadas novelas contemporáneas de Colombia. Sus historias recogen los trágicos hechos de la llamada Masacre de Trujillo, ocurrida a inicios de los años 90. Sin embargo, la calidad narrativa lleva esta novela más allá del caso criminal y le permite contar las profundas transformaciones que el narcotráfico y el sicariato efectuaron sobre el conjunto de la sociedad colombiana. El amplio mosaico de sus personajes...

En una fría mañana de invierno, aparece el cadáver de un hombre colgando de una de las puertas de la muralla de Visby, en la isla de Gotland. Se trata de Egon Wallin, un reputado galerista. Descartada la hipótesis del suicidio, el comisario Anders Knutas debe, una vez más, dejar de lado sus problemas personales para centrarse en este enigmático crimen. Anders Knutas no tarda en descubrir que la esposa del fallecido tenía un amante y que la pareja no atravesaba su mejor momento. Es ella quien pone al policía sobre una valiosa pista al descubrir en su desván diversos cuadros robados de ...