Lyndon B. Johnson: Un texano en la Casa Blanca (Lyndon B. Johnson: A Texan in the White Ho

Stephen F. Austin grew up to become known as the Father of Texas. Readers can learn about his interesting and incredible life in this appealing biography that has been translated into Spanish and highlights both Austin's life and Texas history. Through vivid images and illustrations, supportive text, an accommodating glossary and index, and fascinating facts, readers will learn about Texas pioneers, the empresario system, Freemasons, and how Austin became such an important figure in Texas history.

Stephen F. Austin grew up to become known as the Father of Texas. Readers can learn about his interesting and incredible life in this appealing biography that has been translated into Spanish and highlights both Austin's life and Texas history. Through vivid images and illustrations, supportive text, an accommodating glossary and index, and fascinating facts, readers will learn about Texas pioneers, the empresario system, Freemasons, and how Austin became such an important figure in Texas history.

Maravillosas rimas que repasan todo el abecedario, reproduciendo palabras en las cuales aparece la letra referenciada. Sin escatimar recursos plásticos ni sonoros, el texto constituye una base magnífica de aprendizaje y un argumento de juego. El autor, Rafael Cruz-Contarini, investigador y profesor de educación infantil, apasionado de la poesía, demuestra una vez más su calidad literaria y su dominio en el juego de las rimas infantiles. Las imágenes, de la ilustradora mexicana Maribel Suárez acompañan y refuerzan con su viveza la calidad poética e infantil que las palabras quieren...

Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russias dying aristocracya man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends, and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid...

Simple text and photographs introduce the concept of "skip counting," or counting by groups of a certain number, and present items for practice.

Now available in a Spanish language edition, this charming board book was originally published in English by Barron's in Spring 2003, titled My Own Human Body. It explains the human body in a series of words and pictures that are simplified for preschool boys and girls. The heavy board pages are die-cut in the shape of a smiling little boy. When kids lift the front cover, they remove his shirt and see the location of his heart. The text gives a simple explanation of how the heart pumps blood through the entire body. As kids turn successive pages, they observe the human body's interior and...