Leyendas Mapuches Contadas Para Niños

Este libro incluye las más bellas historias de tres deslumbrantes pueblos de nuestra América: los Incas, Mayas y Aztecas, que contaron el origen del mundo en que vivían y lo hacían en forma de cuento, para que estas historias pudieran ser narradas de padres a hijos, de abuelos a nietos, de generación en generación. Estas leyendas se mantienen en la voz y en las historias que todavía hoy deslumbran a los niños.

Following the bestselling "Family Pictures, In My Family/En Mi Familia" is Garza's continuing tribute to the family and community that shaped her childhood and her life. Vibrant paintings and warm personal stories depict memories of growing up in the traditional Mexican-American community of her hometown of Kingsville, Texas.

An introduction to taipans, snakes from Australia and New Guinea, describes the three different kinds of taipan, physical characteristics, life cycle, habitat, and predatory behavior.

Think you'd like to be a fire fighter? Learn about the special equipment fire fighters use, their role in community safety, and their lives at the station. This book features a comprehensive timeline of the history of firefighting from its origins in ancient Rome through firefighting practices of today plus vocabulary related to fire fighters and fire safety.

Until just over 150 years ago, northern Mexico extended thousands of kilometers farther than its current border with the United States. Many different indigenous groups flourished in that region before the Conquistadors arrived. What we know about their lives and customs is the result of archeological discoveries and the chronicles of the first Spanish priests and soldiers that had contact with them.