Brazil / Brasil

This informative, Spanish-translated book teaches early readers about the importance of government and how it impacts our lives. Readers will learn about taxes, the three branches of government, voting, and more. Engaging, primary source documents and images keep students reading as they build their literacy skills and social studies content knowledge.

"Carlitos writes a letter to the Three Kings asking for lots of presents. Later, he decides to write a new letter and gives up some of the things in his wish list in exchange for a bigger gift for his older brother, who is teaching him how to ride a bike and lets him use his own big kid's bike. At the end, everyone wins...! Contains an informative section about Christmas and Three Kings Day."

"Describes the U.S. Army in action, including their vehicles, weapons and equipment, and jobs."--From source other than the Library of Congress

La célebre trilogía de Corfú compuesta por «Mi familia y otros animales» (BA 0501), «Bichos y demás parientes» (BA 0502) y «El jardín de los dioses» (BA 0503) muestra el inimitable talento de Gerald Durrell para dibujar personajes, contar anécdotas, describir paisajes y analizar las peculiaridades de la vida animal. ENCUENTROS CON ANIMALES reúne las charlas dadas en la BBC por el gran naturalista «en intervalos entre encabezar expediciones a diversas partes del mundo, capturar una multitud de animales raros, casarme, tener el paludismo y escribir varios libros». Con la misma...