Agua (Water): Emergent (Nonfiction Readers)

There are so many interesting and exciting ways to travel! Early readers will discover the various ways people travel in this lively illustrated book that features simple text and an engaging rhyme. Perfect for those who are new to reading or for those who have not yet begun, the images and text work together strongly to provide children with an experience that will inspire them to share what they see, read, and learn. This Lap Book is the perfect size to use for read-alouds, partner reading, and small group instruction.

Meet a young girl and all the members of her family including her parents, grandparents, siblings, even her dog!

Roberto Clemente is remembered as a one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived, but more than that, he was also a man who believed in equality for all. Readers will learn about his incredible life in this inspiring, Spanish-translated nonfiction biographical title. Children will enthusiastically want to learn all they can about Roberto's amazing life as the first Puerto Rican in major league baseball through vibrant images, intriguing facts, a helpful timeline, and a glossary that will assist in vocabulary improvement.

Esta antología de cuentos de fútbol surge como resultado del concurso de relatos convocado en 2013 por la Editorial Verbum y que seleccionó los textos que forman el índice entre cientos de participantes. Fútbol y literatura unen autores de toda Iberoamérica, dos pasiones que son el hilo conductor del libro. Señala en el prólogo Marcos López, periodista y presentador del Telediario de Televisión Española: Todos los autores tienen en común su amor al juego y sus inquietudes más allá del 105x68. Da igual si son viejos, jóvenes, hombres, mujeres, seguntinos, madrileños, escritores ...

Describes the life and work of the scientist who was persecuted by the Inquisition for his views of the universe.

A través de una selección de obras de diferentes periodos históricos y lenguajes (pinturas, esculturas, instalaciones, vídeos, fotografías, dispositivos archivísticos...), esta exposición analiza el potencial socializador, transgresor y político que tiene el juego cuando aparece vinculado al espacio público. Se parte de una doble premisa: por un lado, la tradición popular del carnaval nos muestra que existe la posibilidad de utilizar la lógica lúdica para subvertir, reinventar y transcender el orden establecido, lo cotidiano devenido en mero ejercicio de supervivencia; por otro...

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...