Stephen F. Austin: El padre de Texas (The Father of Texas)

Stephen F. Austin grew up to become known as the Father of Texas. Readers can learn about his interesting and incredible life in this appealing biography that has been translated into Spanish and highlights both Austin's life and Texas history. Through vivid images and illustrations, supportive text, an accommodating glossary and index, and fascinating facts, readers will learn about Texas pioneers, the empresario system, Freemasons, and how Austin became such an important figure in Texas history.

In the 1500s, European explorers arrived in Texas in search of gold and glory. The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive. Readers get to discover early Texas history in this fascinating nonfiction book that uses colorful images, intriguing facts, supportive text, and an accommodating glossary, index, and table of contents to introduce readers to various explorers such as Christopher Columbus, Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, and La Salle. Children will be excited and engaged as they read through to also learn about the many American Indian tribes of the past, including the...

Texas has had some extraordinary people. This book covers some of them, such as Melinda Gates, astronaut Shannon Walker, and Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot. Age-appropriate text teaches readers about Texas's most important movers and shakers, while historical and contemporary images reinforce the book's key concepts.

Rights are things that make life fair for everyone. But sometimes people are treated unfairly. When this happens, we have to stand up for what is right. We have to become civil rights champions! This Spanish nonfiction book will teach students about civil rights, and introduces them to new vocabulary terms and concepts. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents to engage students in reading as they develop their comprehension, vocabulary, and literacy skills. The Reader's Guide and culminating activity require students to connect back to the text as they develop ...

Los acontecimientos que cambiaron el rumbo de la historia de Japón. El emperador de Japón está decidido a recuperar a cualquier precio el poder que los samuráis le arrebataron a sus antepasados. Sin embargo, el clan Hōjō ataca la capital imperial antes del levantamiento. Extramuros, un terrateniente provincial continúa fiel al emperador, que se ha visto obligado a refugiarse en la fortaleza de los monjes guerreros de Kyoto, y su juramento de lealtad es la última esperanza de los sitiados. La guerra Genkō ha comenzado. Y mientras todos estos eventos sacuden Las Islas Sagradas, un...

¿Por qué perdimos la guerra? analiza de forma clara y detallada las razones que llevaron al ejército republicano a la derrota en la Guerra Civil española. Carlos Rojas presenta una completísima obra que incluye una antología con los testimonios de muchos de los vencidos en la contienda española.La obra se compone de seis apartados con las diferentes interpretaciones de las causas que motivaron la catástrofe republicana, en un conflicto que Stanley Payne llamó, y con razón, «la mayor tragedia de la historia española después de la Guerra de la Independencia». Una obra capital que...