Junípero Serra: Un misionero español

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...

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...

Teach students about trading and buying goods and services. In this Spanish-translated book, readers will learn about supply and demand, and learn the difference between wants and needs. Featuring images that support the informational text, students will build social studies content-area literacy and reading skills.

Discusses the physical characteristics, feeding and mating behavior, interaction with humans, and habitat of whales.

Tells the story of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Written in graphic-novel format.

"Como no nos ayude Dios, estamos perdidos," grito el capitan Morris en medio de la tempestad. Hudson Taylor sabia que el experto marino estaba en lo cierto. La tormenta no solo amenazaba con hundir el Dumfries, sino tambien su esperanza de divisar la costa de China, el pais al cual Dios le habia llamado. Hudson sobrevivio los peligros de la primavera travesia a su querida China. Decidido a obedecer a Dios, y confiando en la provision de aquel que le habia llamado, supero las persecuciones y se sobrepuso a las circunstancias personales mas dolorosas. Todo con el fin de llavar la verdad de Dios ...