Por qué Martín De León es importante en Texas (Why Martín De León Matters to Texas)

José Antonio Navarro was the most renowned Tejano of his generation. He fought valiantly for Texas' independence from Mexico, became a respected statesman, and even helped write the Constitution of 1845. This biography will inspire your young readers.

The I Want to Be... series gives young children a realistic insight into the working day of adults. Easy-to-read captions and color photographs of women and men from different cultures help children understand what's involved in each occupation. Young readers learn to respect the importance of doing a job well and appreciate the contributions these workers make to our life and the world around us. These books are perfect for reading alone or in group story times. They are certain to spark questions and encourage dialogue and prompt children to learn more about these occupations. Quiero ser...

California became a territory in the United States when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. That treaty ended the Mexican War. Several days before its signing, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in what is now Sacramento. The non-Native population of the territory was less than one thousand in 1848, but the gold rush increased that number to one hundred thousand by the end of 1849. The gold rush not only made many people wealthy, it brought ecologic devastation while speeding up California’s statehood. This book richly explores this interesting history.

What does masculinity or being a boy mean in this society? If you are a boy, or ever were, The Golden Book of Boys contains words and images that will help you remember how powerful you are, but powerful in a different way than you may have been told until now... It is a book against the tide. A strange book. A journey back to how wonderful you are. A book that invites you to respect yourself, to obey yourself and to be yourself (something that nobody usually tells us). Maybe it will help you to remember how wonderfully vulnerable you are and to heal old wounds.

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.