SKUAD. La historia de nuestras vidas

Teach young students about the men and women who serve in the armed forces for the United States. This Spanish-translated nonfiction book helps readers understand the importance of our nation's veterans, and how to honor them on Veteran's Day. Primary source documents and images engage readers as they build their literacy skills and social studies content knowledge.

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.

When her mother was worn out from caring for her five sisters, her father gave her lessons in brushwork and color. When polio kept her bedridden for nine months, drawing saved her from boredom. When a bus accident left her in unimaginable agony, her paintings expressed her pain and depression - and eventually, her joys and her loves. Over and over again, Frida Kahlo turned the challenges of her life into art. Now Jonah Winter and Ana Juan have drawn on both the art and the life to create a playful, insightful tribute to one of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Viva Frida!

Fábrica de cuentos es el resultado del primer semestre de trabajo del Taller de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil «Claves para dirigirse a los más jóvenes» efectuado en la madrileña escuela de escritores Fuentetaja. Al cabo de casi seis meses de ejercicios y prácticas de composición, surgió la idea de reunir en un volumen los relatos más meritorios. Aquí los presentamos, acompañados por las magníficas ilustraciones de Isabel Nadal, quien aporta sus textos imaginativos y también sus trazos cargados de fantasía y buen humor. Que de cada autora antologada podamos leer más textos y...