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This bilingual book allows young readers to enter Celia Cruz's life as she becomes a well-known singer in her homeland of Cuba, then moves to New York City and Miami where she and others create a new type of music called salsa. School Library Journal has named My Name is Celia a]n exuberant picture-book biography ...a brilliant introduction to a significant woman and her music.

"Discusses how people make sense of Earth by making maps and introduces globes, flat maps, and the idea of making borders"--Provided by publisher.

Nací cuando mis padres ya no se querían", recuerda Adriana, mucho después de que todo haya sucedido. Por ello, la niña se crea un paraiso propio, poblado por amigos imaginarios y una familia de su elección. Esta felicidad a medida se ve perturbada cuando Adriana debe iniciar el periplo escolar y entrar definitivamente en el mundo de los adultos, un entorno que le resulta ajeno cuando no hostil. Sin embargo, siempre queda un refugio bajo las relucientes estrellas escondidas en los cristales de la lámpara del salón.

Though few may know his name, his achievement as the first European to discover San Diego Bay and many other areas on the California coast enshrines his name in the annals of American history. This exciting volume tells Cabrillo's story from an unknown soldier to the intrepid conquistador, crossbowman, landowner, shipbuilder, and explorer he became. As one of Hernan Cortes' soldiers during the conquest of Mexico and a founder of Guatemala, his actions loomed large in the future of both South America and North America. By both educating and entertaining, this biography illuminates a...