En Mi Familia

Let's explore the diverse biomes and geography that covers the vast expanse of Canada! This book also highlights the different animals that inhabit this country as well as Canada's most popular sports. Language arts connection is vocabulary related to Canada, its varied landforms, and inhabitants.

John Paul Jones is remembered as the first hero of the young American navy who raided the British coast during the American Revolution, capturing or sinking more than forty enemy ships. As Commander of the Bonhomme Richard, his ship was heavily damaged and sinking. His surrender was sought by the British commander of the attacking ship. Joness famous reply was "I have not yet begun to fight." He would board and capture that enemy ship, even as his Bonhomme Richard was sinking.

"En esta obra descubrirás a la niña Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, quien desde Nepantla, un pueblecito que esta entre el Popo y el Itza, te revelara que aprendió a leer antes de cumplir tres años de edad, en una escuelita que se llamaba "Amigas"; que leía uno tras otro los libros de la biblioteca de su abuelo; que cuando tenía ocho años escribió una loa, es decir, un poema de alabanza, para la fiesta del Santísimo Sacramento ¡ y que gano un libro como premio!, el primero de muchos reconocimientos que sor Juana habría de recibir a lo largo de su vida."--Publisher's website.

Where are tales born? Maybe the easiest answer is "in the human heart." Yet, in Africa, people believe they are created by the savannah, the wilderness, the forest, and even the sky plagued with stars night after night. Every person lives his or her life as he or she listens to a tale or tells a tale to others. Therefore, the life of the storyteller becomes sometimes a fight against an impending disgrace, as it happens to Krutongo and his wife; sometimes it becomes the effort to remain impassive at all times so nothing affects him, as it happens to Kotendimire; sometimes the storyteller would ...