Teo y su perro

This Spanish language edition of Yuyi Morales's Pura Belpré Award winner and New York Times Bestseller Dreamers is now available in paperback! Caldecott Honor artist and six-time Pura Belpré winner Yuyi Morales's gorgeous book Dreamers, and its Spanish language version Soñadores, are about making a home in a new place. Yuyi and her son Kelly's passage was not easy, and Yuyi did not speak any English at the time. But together, they found an unexpected, unbelievable place: the public library. There, book by book, they untangled the language of this strange new land, and learned to make their ...

In AD 79, the residents of the booming Roman city of Pompeii were shocked when a nearby mountain exploded, releasing superhot ash, rock, and gas on the surrounding areas. What happens next is the extraordinary account of a volcano in action. Though the people who didn't flee Pompeii were doomed, the volcano preserved their remains, allowing us to better understand a fascinating time in the Roman Empire. Astonishing photographs of Pompeii, primary source records of the occurrence, and riveting text are just some highlights of this high-interest volume.

Primero fue el acertijo y, cuando este se arropó con el verso, nació la adivinanza. Ambos coinciden en formular una pregunta ingeniosa, pero se diferencian en el lenguaje empleado, porque el acertijo se expresa en prosa, y la adivinanza en verso. Efectivamente, el acertijo se expresa en una prosa espontánea, racional, objetiva, abierta a todos los temas y crítica; mientras que la adivinanza se expresa en verso, en un lenguaje más elaborado, pictórico y musical, que resulta, ante todo, intuitivo, subjetivo, circunscrito a la creación estética, y pertenece a una literatura mucho más...

Beaches, mountains, valleys, farmlands, and deserts are all part of the unique geography of California. Students will learn about each of these regions with this primary source reader that builds students' reading skills and social studies content knowledge. The intriguing primary source maps, letters, documents, and images provide authentic nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in learning. Text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California state studies standards and the NCSS/C3 Framework and features...