El cofre de Nadie

Learn about Californians who have made a difference! Students will learn about important Californians including John Muir, Dorothea Lange, Sally Ride, and Ansel Adams with this nonfiction text that builds students’ reading skills and social studies content knowledge. The intriguing primary source maps, letters, documents, 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 studies standards and the NCSS/C3 Framework and...

Cynthia Ann Parkers family moved to Central Texas when she was about nine years old. A year later, a large force of Comanche warriors attacked Fort Parker and seized Cynthia Ann and four other captives. The other four were eventually released, but she lived among the Indians for 25 years, immersed in the Comanche way of life. Though given a number of opportunities to go back to her white family, she always chose her life with the Comanche, choosing instead to stay with her husband and children. She eventually returned to white society as an adult.

La vida de una familia humilde cambia por completo la tarde de verano en la que Baruc, el hijo mayor del matrimonio, se escapa de casa tras una regañina de su madre. Ésta, cautivada por un novedoso hombre pasajero, está a punto de hacer naufragar su matrimonio, a lo que su marido, en medio del desconcierto por la desaparición de Baruc, responde de forma inesperada. Entre tanto, Hugo, el pequeño de la familia, se queda en casa esperando a que regrese su hermano, a cuya sombra ha vivido siempre, mientras trata de aceptar lo ocurrido. Presos de la inocencia del narrador y cómplices de la...

Explains some of the challenges and rewards of having a friend with ADHD using everyday kid-friendly examples--in both English and Spanish