Texanos destacados (Distinguished Texans)

Winner of: International Latino Book Awards 2014, Primer Premio en la categoría Best Young Adult Non-Fiction Book Focusing on key figures from the worlds of art, literature, music, politics, and science, this collection introduces young readers to luminaries who, despite the difficulties and failures of their childhoods, went on to accomplish great things. Readers will discover what individuals such as Jane Austen, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Mohandas Gandhi, John Lennon, Pablo Picasso, and even the author himself were like as children and young adults, and draw inspiration from their...

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 ...

Natalia tenia que decidir entre dos hombres y el agradecimiento o el amor. El Puerto de la Luz es un viaje en el que se mezclan la huida y la busqueda. Cuantos nombres necesita una persona para saber quien es y desenterrar su origen? Que motivos llevan a esa persona a hacerse pasar por alguien que no es? Nathalie Battle, Nathalie Lindstrom y Louise Fairley son la misma mujer en busca de respuestas: quien es, quien cree ella ser, quien piensan los demas que es. El camino en busca de su identidad la llevara a Gran Canaria, donde Natalia tambien encontrara el amor y la libertad de ser ella misma.

Cada animal cría a sus hijos de acuerdo a su instinto. Este libro da cuenta de ello en una variada selección de animales que va desde los pingüinos hasta los guanacos, de los monos a las ballenas. En muchas y diferentes formas de crianza, la naturaleza nos enseña que en la diversidad está el secreto de la vida. Each animal raises its offsprings according to their instinct. This book gives an account of this in a varied selection of animals ranging from penguins to guanacos, from monkeys to whales. In many different forms of parenting, nature teaches us that diversity is the secret of...