La Pelota Perdida

It is the third Monday in January and school is closed. But do you know why? It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Turn the pages of this book to find out what dream Dr. King shared with the world, who Mohandas Gandhi was, how one brave woman helped Martin Luther King Jr. change history. Each book in the Holiday Histories series describes one of America's holidays or special days. Explore the history of each day and learn the real reason why it is important. Discover what special meaning each day might have for you.

Very young children can get to know garden animals with this velvet-covered cloth book with interior flaps. The little fish and the frog from the bond, the bee in search of flowers, and little birds will join them in their first discoveries.

«De vez en cuando me han pedido que contara mi experiencia personal de la literatura o que escribiera sobre algunos de mis maestros, y yo he procurado hacerlo siempre con un máximo de claridad y franqueza. Cuando he tenido que explicarme en público, he procurado hacerlo por escrito: detesto la improvisación, la charla presuntamente espontánea y en el fondo hecha de muletillas y rutinas, de una autoindulgencia intelectual que se ha convertido en costumbre cuando los escritores van a eso que se llama, algo ignominiosamente, hacer bolos.» Con ese mismo espíritu ‹claridad y franqueza‹...

Correlated to the science curriculum, our Spanish-language series describes how the types of homes that different animals build reflect adaptations to their environments. Through simple, easy-to-follow text, each volume looks at each type of home as a shelter from predators and weather and a place to store food and raise young. Young readers also learn how animal homes and human homes fulfill similar needs and functions.