Eleanor Roosevelt SP

Rights are things that make life fair for everyone. But sometimes people are treated unfairly. When this happens, we have to stand up for what is right. We have to become civil rights champions! This Spanish nonfiction book will teach students about civil rights, and introduces them to new vocabulary terms and concepts. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents to engage students in reading as they develop their comprehension, vocabulary, and literacy skills. The Reader's Guide and culminating activity require students to connect back to the text as they develop ...

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.

Following in his father’s footsteps, young Michael was off and running on the soccer field by the age of eight! Even though he was one of the smallest players, he was also one of the toughest. He was not afraid to get in there with the bigger players and grab that ball. He scored his first hat trick at age eleven and has been going ever since. An early re-injury took him out of the 2006 World Cup, but Michael Owen is still running strong and amazing soccer fans all over the world.

De la mano de María no sólo viajaremos hasta Valencia de Alcántara y la frontera con Portugal, sino también a una época de la historia de nuestro país donde el contrabando era la única forma de supervivencia para muchas familias. En esos años en los que las mujeres no tenían ni voz ni voto, donde sus vidas estaban sujetas a las decisiones de sus padres o a la de sus maridos, María, una mujer de espíritu libre luchará por la supervivencia de su familia cruzando sin descanso la frontera por sus veredas y trochas, y esquivando a los guardias civiles para vivir del mercado negro y el...