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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...

Con un cartón, tijeras, pinturas, pegamento y otros materiales, los ilustradores crean dos narraciones visuales en las cuales forman figuras geométricas, personas, animales y otros bichos. A partir de estas imágenes, el pequeño creará sus propias historias y ejercitará la psicomotricidad fina.

Sisters in Blue tells the story of two young women--one Spanish, one Puebloan--meeting across space and time. Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda, New Mexico's famous Lady in Blue, is said to have traveled to New Mexico in the seventeenth century. Here Anna M. Nogar and Enrique R. Lamadrid bring her to life, imagining an encounter between a Pueblo woman and Sor María during the nun's mystical spiritual journeys. Tales of Sor María, who described traveling across the earth and the heavens, have traditionally presented her as an evangelist who helped bring Catholicism to the Pueblos. Instead this ...

Looks at the life of Betsy Ross from her Quaker childhood to her days as an independent businesswoman. Also examines the legend of the Betsy Ross flag. Written in graphic-novel format.