Edificar la Casa Blanca (Building Up the White House)

This is the story of Bosley Bear and his travels to Washington, D.C. After working hard at Mt. Rushmore, Bosley decides to take a much needed vacation. With the help of his presidential friends on Mt. Rushmore, he decides to travel to Washington, D.C., where he discovers the monuments that help him to understand what America is all about. 20pp.

Act out the story of a group of children who need to set rules for their camping trip! They use the United States Constitution as an example, discovering the reasons it was written, what it means for democracy in our country, and how it gives citizens rights, laws, and freedoms. Will the children be able to make a camping constitution of their own? This script has been translated into Spanish and includes six roles, each of which match a different reading level. Teachers can apply differentiation and English language learner strategies to the script to assign roles in a way that accommodates...

When a boy receives his first invitation to sleep over at a friend's house, he worries that he will miss his home and family too much, so he decides to take his teddy bear along for comfort. But when his sister tells him that his friend will think he is a baby, she creates even more of a dilemma for him. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.

La de Azafrán y Obituario ha sido una de las mejores ideas: establecer el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia Infantil, encargado de juzgar y sentenciar a los papás que cometan faltas contra los hijos; por ejemplo: obligarlos a leer, ponerles nombres raros, prometerles premios que no piensan darles y hasta hacerlos venir al mundo sin su consentimiento. Naturalmente, el tribunal se compone sólo de niños, aunque su jurisdicción se limite a las narraciones que hacen los dos amigos, a pedido de sus compañeros.

Follow baby turtles on a nighttime adventure! First, read the story in Spanish. Then, flip to the next page and read it again in English. Comparing words in both languages helps early readers with comprehension and literacy. Plus, bright animal illustrations encourage a love of storytime.