Body Parts/Las Partes Del Cuerpo

Introduce students to different parts of the United States with this nonfiction Spanish-translated book. Through various maps, including physical, political, and thematic, readers will learn the geography of the U.S., and be inspired to create a map of their own! Simple informational text features help students navigate the text, while primary source documents and images help build literacy skills and social studies content knowledge.

Learn about the rich history of Mission Santa Inés: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.

Now available in a Spanish language edition, this charming board book was originally published in English by Barron's in Spring 2003, titled My Own Human Body. It explains the human body in a series of words and pictures that are simplified for preschool boys and girls. The heavy board pages are die-cut in the shape of a smiling little boy. When kids lift the front cover, they remove his shirt and see the location of his heart. The text gives a simple explanation of how the heart pumps blood through the entire body. As kids turn successive pages, they observe the human body's interior and...

La reina, el rey y el peque o pr ncipe visitan a un ni ito un d a por la ma ana, pero l no est en casa. Por eso, al otro d a, vuelven acompa ados de un caballero, pero el peque o tampoco se encuentra. Cada d a se agrega un nuevo personaje a la comitiva que llega a buscar al ni o, hasta que, por fin, un domingo el chico recibe a toda la corte en su casa.