Loteria de adivinanzas / Lottery of Riddles

Three stories in verse about a chicken that ate a ball of yarn and hatched chicks wearing sweaters, two farmers who could not tell their pigs apart and a mysterious talking dog accompanied by a mute cat. Based on traditional Huasteca poetry of Mexico.

Death Valley is one of the hottest and driest deserts of the world! Readers are taken on an adventure through Death Valley to learn about the plants and animals that survive in this dry, hot desert landscape in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Featuring vivid photographs, informational text, and riveting facts about desert ecology, readers will be fascinated from beginning to end!

Nadar y leer son dos cosas muy difíciles de aprender. Da mucho miedo meterse en la piscina cuando no se hace pie o abrir un libro lleno de palabras incomprensibles. Óscar necesita ayuda para divertirse en el agua y para leer un libro de mayores, pero llegará un día en el que los brazos y las piernas se moverán al ritmo adecuado y las frases, por fin, tendrán sentido.

Learn how a designer's sketch becomes the fashion we wear and how a designer uses math and geometry to make their designs successful in this fashion-filled book! Including information about the fashion industry, clothing fabrics, patterns, and textures, readers learn all about the different aspects of the fashion industry. With a glossary, index, vivid images, informational text, and interesting facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book will engage students from beginning to end. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. En este poético libro de memorias—ganador del premio Pura Belpré de autor, finalista del premio de YALSA de no ficción y premio de honor Walter Dean Myers—la aclamada autora Margarita Engle recrea su infancia, que transcurrió a caballo entre dos culturas durante la Guerra Fría. Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother’s tropical island...