Roberto, El Pastorcito Mentiroso

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.

Learn how ornithologists are using modern technology to help migratory birds. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students' curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, this Spanish book features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover...

Guided by a blue hummingbird, Jade brings an offering to the Mountain Spirit who lives near her village in Mexico, and asks if he will send rain to end the drought that threatens the people. Includes information about the legend on which this story is based and facts about corn.

David Montoya tiene un problema: se enamora demasiado. Y en el mundo de hoy, amar es algo complicado. Sobre todo, teniendo una familia que no se acostumbra a su estrafalaria forma de vida. Pero David no está solo, tiene un grupo de amigos que siempre están para él, un ejército de seguidoras que lo defienden y animan con cada cosa que haga en internet, y por sobre todo tiene un gran corazón destrozado por tormentosos amores del pasado.

Alexa y otros ni�os de su escuela en Costa Rica tienen un proyecto especial: ellos est�n criando cocodrilos americanos. Ella nombra a su cocodrilo "Jefe" porque parece que �l est� a cargo de los otros. Alexa le trae pollo y ranas para comer y escribe acerca de su progreso en su diario. Muy pronto, su peque�o cr�o est� tan grande como una barra grande de pan. Se ha convertido en un cocodrilo joven y es tiempo de que Alexia le diga adi�s y que Jefe regrese a la vida salvaje.

The My Letter Library series is a lively, interactive way to introduce young children to the alphabet. Each of the twenty-six books in this unique series focuses on an individual letter both capital and small. Minimal, fun text and cuddly animal characters show where objects beginning with that letter appear in the child's world whether at home, on a street, or at a picnic. The youngster is then invited to look around and find objects starting with that same letter for him or herself.