Biografía de Azucena Villaflor

Recounts the life of Cuban violinist Claudio José Domingo Brindis de Salas, a black child who was born free and began his career as a musical prodigy to become a noted concert musician in Paris, while slavery still existed on the island.

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...

Introduces the concepts of short and tall, comparing some of the world's shortest and tallest animals.

El gran poeta romántico español del siglo xix nació en Sevilla y murió en Madrid. Esta antología de sus Rimas pretende acercar a los lectores más jóvenes una particular propuesta que sigue un itinerario existencial. Se trata de un recorrido temático, con principio y fin, por los grandes temas de la vida y la poesía de Bécquer. En sus páginas, deliciosamente ilustradas, nos encontramos versos tan populares como “Volverán las oscuras golondrinas”, o “Al brillar de un relámpago nacemos”. No son las Rimas de Bécquer poesías estrictamente infantiles, aunque nadie discute su...