Junípero Serra: Un misionero español

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...

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.

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.

La vida es una historia que siempre acaba mal, precisamente porque siempre acaba. A su través, nos tropezamos con aventuras, amorosas o no, con desastres y con recuperaciones aparentes. Todo es móvil en ella, cambiante... A ese desenfreno vital se refieren estas historias, esperanzadas hasta en su desesperanza, en las que el amor no es un destino, sino un intransferible cometido.

Lo de Kamil es algo increíble. No le tiene miedo a nada, ni al fuego, ni a los sapos ni al dentista... ¡ni siquiera al Loco Manfredi! Es más, Kamil no duda en meterse en la boca del lobo para defender a quien haga falta de Manfredi y los demás. Pero tanto arrojo y tal desprecio del peligro no es normal, o eso cree el doctor Wasim, que investigará el origen y las consecuencias del secreto que esconde Kamil.

Este libro pretende contar la historia del I Duque de Lerma, don Francisco de Sandoval y Rojas (1553-1625), que llegó a ser un dos españoles más poderosos de su tiempo. Hombre de confianza de Felipe III, era en realidad el verdadero gobernante del reino. Nacido en una familia al servicio de la Corona, pero sin recursos económicos, logró amasar la fortuna del momento y controlar tal cantidad de oficios que perdió. Hubo numerosas voces que se levantaron contra él, entre ellas la de la propia reina.

A biography telling the life story of Revolutionary War hero and spy Nathan Hale. Written in graphic-novel format.