Indígenas de California: Read-Along eBook

This nonfiction book explores the history, culture, customs, and beliefs of California's American Indian tribes including the Chumash, Tongva, Hupa, Yokuts, Quechan, and Coso tribes. Detailed primary source images in conjunction with Spanish text provide 3rd grade students with an inviting reading and learning experience as they build their social studies knowledge. This book includes basic informational text features including a glossary, an index, table of contents, and reader's guide. Students will be intrigued by Native American history with this fascinating nonfiction Spanish book.

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source book focuses on the history of California’s Native American tribes: the Tongva, Yokuts, Yana, and Yahi. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade level. Packed with...

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source biography focuses on the life and times of Junípero Serra, the Franciscan missionary who created missions that stretched from San Francisco to San Diego. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need...

Even young readers were likely saturated with exposure to Hillary Clinton over the course of the 2016 presidential election. But do they really know who she is and what she has accomplished? This volume bridges the gap between current news stories and what elementary readers really know about the first female presidential candidate. By illuminating the life and story of this powerhouse of politics, young readers can learn and be inspired by a story of perseverance, service to others, and commitment to beliefs. With a vivid, age-appropriate narrative, this much-needed volume is sure to be...

Segunda parte de un proyecto que ya cumple poco más de dos años de existencia, y que se prolongará en el tiempo y tendrá nuevas entregas, pues ya están viniendo los invitados que formarán parte de la tercera edición de Bogotá contada. No sobra recordar que el programa de Bogotá contada invita a escritores de diferentes países a que estén unos días en la ciudad, la recorran, la investiguen y participen en algunas actividades de promoción de lectura en bibliotecas, instituciones, librerías y universidades. Luego cada uno de ellos nos entrega un texto que se recopila anualmente en...

In June of 1870, Charles Dickens died before finishing his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The ending of that novel would become one of the great literary enigmas of all time. In 2018 the filmmaker Hugo Almagro agrees to write a script about The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Hanoi, 1946. La protagonista de esta historia, Vu Thi Lien, nacida en el banio de las Treinta y Seis Calles de Hanoi y educada en París, decide regresar a su Vietnam natal en el preciso momento en que estalla la guerra de la independencia. A partir de ese momento, ningún sufrimiento se le ahorrará a Lien, una mujer desgarrada por el mestizaje que es fruto de sus dos hogares.