Junípero Serra: A Spanish Missionary

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...

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...

Engineers have built some incredible things. But with every new feat, there is failure. Readers will learn about engineering feats like the Titanic, the Hindenburg, the Hoover Dam, and more in this engaging nonfiction title that has been translated into Spanish. This title features brilliant images, charts, and intriguing facts in conjunction with informational text and mathematic skills to keep readers active and engaged.

Hurricanes plague the tropics from June through November. Some years bring just a handful of storms. Other years, meteorologists run out of names because there are so many. In this Spanish title, readers learn how and where these storms form and the dangers they pose to the land and people who live in Gulf and Atlantic coast regions.

Desconectados nos presenta una familia y cómo cada uno de sus miembros pasa gran parte del día enganchado a la pantalla. La situación se va complicando y, sin que se den cuenta, crece la desconexión entre ellos. ¿Cómo volver a conectar? En Desconectados serán los padres los encargados de hacer entender la situación a sus hijos, poner los límites y conseguir un buen uso de las pantallas. ¿Cómo lo harán? El cuento ayuda a entender como son de adictivas las pantallas y nos hace reflexionar sobre nuestros hábitos y a tomar consciencia de esta situación de desconexión con nosotros...

En La noche de los jacintos blancos, edición definitiva, revisada y corregida por su autora, tres mujeres de la misma familia y diferentes generaciones nos hacen viajar en el tiempo y nos atrapan con sus historias y secretos. Deudora del realismo mágico, esta novela seduce al lector desde las primeras líneas y lo conduce de la mano a lo largo de toda la narración. Con una prosa poética y musical, maravillosamente construida, la autora mezcla lo mágico, lo fantástico y lo onírico; además, toma de la sabiduría popular referentes literarios de tradición oral que recupera para...