Cuando las panteras no eran negras

Dos historias breves demuestran la importancia de guardarse del discurso despreciativo o descuidado al tratar con otras personas.

Maya ha muerto, pero su existencia apenas empieza. Y está empeñada en vengarse de quienes la llevaron a la tumba. Sin embargo, una amenaza la obliga a postergar sus planes y emprender un viaje; tendrá que dejar atrás su doloroso pasado y enfrentar la inmortalidad, la soledad, si es que logra llegar a su destino. Mientras tanto, las huellas que M. ha dejado en su camino empiezan a cruzarse, y paso a paso irán retirando el halo de misterio que rodea al creador de Maya, sus motivos y, sobre todo, las terribles consecuencias de sus decisiones. La inquietante historia de la vampira Maya...

In his classic bilingual style, Joe tells the story of a haunted house in a poor little town in Arizona. Nobody will rent that house because they know a ghost lives there. So the landlord tries to rents it out for free. Still nobody will rent it. That is, until Elena’s father rents it. He doesn’t believe in ghosts. Lucky for Elena that her grandmother knows all about the ways of ghosts. Elena, with the help of her grandmother, resolves the mystery of “ghost fever”—and learns a lesson about life. Joe Hayes, who lives in Santa Fe, is an award-winning storyteller renowned especially...

Act out the story of Sophia, a young girl who is nervous about moving to a new town and having her life change. By hearing her Grandmother's story about immigrating to America, Sophia learns that making a change and moving forward can lead to very good things! The roles in this Spanish-translated script are written at different reading levels. This feature allows teachers to use differentiation strategies to assign specific roles to students in a way that accommodates individual reading skills. By using differentiation, teachers can get all students involved and engaged in the same activity,...