La Bandera de Estrellas Centelleantes (The Star-Spangled Banner)

In the last one hundred years, Earth’s average temperature has risen one full degree. That might not sound like much, but it affects Earth’s oceans, land, plants, and animals. Learn all about global warming, the carbon cycle, the greenhouse effect, and weather and climate with this Spanish science reader that brings the power of science and informational text to students at a level they can understand. This nonfiction book introduces students to new concepts, vocabulary terms, and STEM topics. With detailed images and fascinating sidebars, the leveled text supports students reading at...

HernanCortes parte rumbo al Yucatan con la mision de auxiliar a la expedicion de Juan Grijalva que enviara el gobernadorde Cuba, Diego Velazquez, y de la cual no se habia vuelto a tener noticia. Noobstante, poco antes de la partida, el gobernador decide desposeerle del mando, pero Cortes consigue hacerse a lamar, y luego de vicisitudes sin cuento, se adentra en ignotos territorios dominados por los indios mexicas, cuyo emperador, Moctezuma, rige susvastos dominios desde la ciudad de Tenochtitlan.En un principio, Moctezuma cree saber queHernan Cortes es la encarnacion del diosQuetzalcoatl, "La ...

The world's myths are filled with characters, creatures, and stories that have fascinated people for thousands of years. This series mixes dramatic retellings and non-fiction information to give a full picture of a culture's myths. This book explores the gods, goddesses, heroes, villains, tricksters, and quests that make Egyptian myths and legends so compelling. Fully translated Spanish text.

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 ...