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...

La quinta de Laura es una colección póstuma de novelas cortas de Alonso de Castillo Solórzano, el autor de relatos breves más prolífico del siglo XVII. Compuso cincuenta y seis novelas cortas que se publicaron, de forma casi ininterrumpida, entre 1625 y 1649. Su abundante producción le convierte en uno de los representantes más significativos del género en España. Siguiendo el modelo del Decamerón de Boccaccio, La quinta de Laura reúne a la hija del conde Anselmo y a sus damas de compañía que la entretienen narrando por turno una historia. Sus relatos, tan amenos como diversos,...

Primer volumen de la compilación de la correspondencia del autor de Rayuela . Unas cartas que pueden leerse como diario personal, autobiografía o cuaderno de bitácora de sus libros. «Odio las cartas literarias , cuidadosamente preparadas, copiadas y vueltas a copiar; yo me siento a la máquina y dejo correr el vasto río de los pensamientos y los afectos», escribió Julio Cortázar en 1942: una declaración de principios que mantuvo siempre. Con curiosidad permanente, Cortázar da cuenta de todos los aspectos de su actividad como escritor, de sus desvelos políticos y sus vaivenes...

Readers learn about this famous explorer who crossed the Atlantic Ocean to reach the Americas. Bright, engaging, colorful photographs and illustrations will thrill readers.

After a long trip through the Caribbean, full of conversations and complicities, the Londoner Eric Devon, his wife Nora and a lucid American journalist decide to travel to a Berlin--recovering from the disasters of the perverse effects of Nazism. In a city devastated by war, but full of life, the protagonists are waiting for a great surprise. This impressive time travel offers an unprecedented and refreshing view of Berlin in the late fifties. After a long trip through the Caribbean, full of conversations and complicities, the Londoner Eric Devon, his wife Nora and a lucid American journalist ...