Grandes Maquinas

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...

Now in Spanish, children share their love for farm animals in this simple nonfiction reader from an award-winning photographer. Simple, joyful text accompanies Shelley Rotner's vibrant and heartwarming photographs of children and animals on the farm, from pigs, to chickens to piglets too. Young readers will learn to identify adult farm animals and their babies and will identify with the children's looks of wonder at being close to creatures big and small. Now available in Spanish. ¡Me Gusta Leer! provides emerging Spanish language readers with translations of popular I Like to Read® books....

Different colors are all around us, and this series explores what they look like and where they can be found. Students identify common colors from everyday life, such as red, blue, green, yellow, and how to describe them. They also learn to classify colors by examining what types of objects display each color. Consistently placed and leveled text helps to ensure subject matter is clearly understood.

Apasionada por el universo imaginario de las diferentes culturas africanas en Cuba, Lydia Cabrera inició en París la publicación de una extensa obra de investigación. Contes négres de Cuba (1936), traducidos por Francis de Miomandre, se acogía la poderosa corriente que las culturas africanas habían despertado en Europa de la mano de Leo Frobenius, Blaise Cendrars y Paul Morand, entre otros. Concebidos inicialmente como una serie de relatos para aliviar la enfermedad de su amiga Teresa de la Parra, el libro atrajo inmediatamente la atención de la crítica. De regreso a Cuba en 1939,...