El Secreto del Dorado

Thirteen-year-old Hannah Higgins is convinced her summer is ruined when she is forced to travel to Africa and work in a remote village in Kenya with her mom and uncle. Never having been to a developing country, she finds the food gross and the community filthy. She has to live without electricity or running water. Then she is told she must attend school. Just when she thinks nothing could make this trip any worse, she learns people there are dying of hunger and preventable disease. Hannah becomes frustrated and wants to help, but when poverty threatens the lives of people she loves, all she...

Wars, terrorism and natural disasters trigger massive migratory movements. Hundreds of thousands of people are forced to flee their countries in search of a better life and, unfortunately, this still occurs today. How do children see this phenomenon? What do they know about it? What do they think? In this emotional illustrated album, José Campanari and Evelyn Daviddi give voice to the little ones, because they have a lot to say on the subject, and much to teach us. Las guerras, el terrorismo y los desastres naturales provocan movimientos migratorios masivos. Cientos de miles de personas se...

Act out the story of Sophia, a young girl who is nervous about moving to a new town and having her life change. By hearing her grandmother's story about immigrating to America, Sophia learns that making a change and moving forward can lead to very good things! The roles in this Spanish script are written at different reading levels. This feature allows teachers to use differentiation strategies to assign specific roles to students in a way that accommodates individual reading skills. By using differentiation, teachers can get all students involved and engaged in the same activity, whether...

¡Ay, si pudieras observar el mundo desde allá arriba, trepado en tu cometa! ¿Cuántas cosas podrías ver? Como los astronautas, lograrías saber lo que sucede sin que nadie te viera… Además podrías contarnos donde ha ido a parar todo aquello que se ha llevado el viento.