Junípero Serra: A Spanish Missionary

Learn how streets are fixed, sidewalks get added, and new schools are built with this Spanish nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a glossary, an additional project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book describes the many ways individuals can make changes in their communities. It also covers essential civics topics such as leadership and voting, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore voting, local...

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source biography focuses on the life and times of Junípero Serra, the Franciscan missionary who created missions that stretched from San Francisco to San Diego. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need...

In this biographical book, young readers will learn about the brave life of Harriet Tubman. Readers will discover how Tubman bravely escaped from her life as a slave to cross the Mason-Dixon line into freedom and how she helped hundreds of other slaves into freedom through the Underground Railroad with the help of abolitionists. The vivid images, stunning facts, and supportive text work in conjunction with the helpful glossary, index, and timeline of Tubman's life to give readers an engaging experience as they move from cover to cover. This book has been translated into Spanish.

What has a striped tail, red fur, and long, white whiskers? If you guessed a red panda, you're right! This book introduces early readers to a mystery animal by describing its features, one by one, using short simple sentences and eye-popping full-color photos. At the end of the book, the secret animal is revealed across a colorful, two-page spread. Young children will love showing off their beginning reading skills as they learn about this dazzling collection of wild and wonderful zoo animals--one clue at a time! Fast facts and habitat maps at the end of the book provide children with key...

Estos son dos tomos de un diccionario enciclopédico necesario para entender el vocabulario bíblico, los símbolos mitológicos, de las sociedades secretas y del misticismo, de los sueños, de los mensajes subliminales, de las leyendas y del folclore de diversas culturas antiguas. Este es un trabajo iniciado en 2012 que continuamente es actualizado, expandido y mejorado. Junto con los diccionarios 'Nombres Bíblicos' y 'Seres Pandimensionales' este trabajo es fundamental para el trabajo de cualquier estudiante de textos sagrados - por ejemplo, la propia Biblia -, del mundo onírico, de...

El Tombuctu nos habla de la gran inundacion de la ciudad de Mexico ocurrida en 1629. El preso numero cuatro retrata la vida colonial durante el siglo XVIII y cuenta la vida de tres personajes muy humildes que por azares del destino van a la carcel de la Santa Inquisicion y acaban formando una familia.