La Misión de San Luis Rey de Francia (Discovering Mission San Luis Rey de Francia)

Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets the famous Russian composer on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

When Eco the bear realizes that his friends the bees are missing, he decides to go look for them. His journey takes him around the world where he meets 11 different characters attempting to solve some of the world's greatest problems—air and water pollution, consumerism, extinction, deforestation, global warming, hunger, lack of education, poverty, and war. Each chapter focuses on one world problem and includes activities for children to learn about the social and ecological issues involved with each. Cuando Eco el osito se da cuenta de que sus amigos las abejas han desaparecido, decide ir...

La joven Zahr, nacida y educada en Francia, donde quedó huérfana de madre al poco tiempo de nacer, viaja a la India tras descubrir la identidad de su verdadero padre: Amir, rajá de Badalpur. Tras un esfuerzo por integrarse en una comunidad musulmana estricta, que le exige sumisión y la renuncia de su libertad, termina por rebelarse contra su padre como hizo años antes su madre, la princesa Selma.Veinte años después, con el rajá en su lecho de muerte, Zahr vuelve a encontrarse con él. Su legado, uno de los jardines del palacio, le costará el enfrentamiento con el resto de su...

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Find out what surfers need to know to have fun and stay safe in the water in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title! Invite readers to learn about the history of surfing, surfing culture, what equipment is needed, and more using vibrant images and informational text in conjunction with math skills and upper-level features such as chapter format, a glossary of terms, and an index.