Educación para la ciudadanía

Day of the Dead is a very important holiday in Latin America. It is sometimes incorrectly thought of as a morbid holiday, or a Mexican version of Halloween. While the word "dead" or "muertos" is in the name, this holiday is the way that the people of Mexico honor the lives of ancestors, celebrate the joy of life, and connect with their Mexican heritage. Young readers will enjoy the amazing, colorful photographs of the Day of the Dead celebration, and a supportive glossary helps expand their vocabularies along with their cultural awareness.

Cynthia Ann Parkers family moved to Central Texas when she was about nine years old. A year later, a large force of Comanche warriors attacked Fort Parker and seized Cynthia Ann and four other captives. The other four were eventually released, but she lived among the Indians for 25 years, immersed in the Comanche way of life. Though given a number of opportunities to go back to her white family, she always chose her life with the Comanche, choosing instead to stay with her husband and children. She eventually returned to white society as an adult.

Narración fantástica que cuenta que Lucía es muy desdichada porque no se gusta nada. Las hadas deciden ayudarla y le mandan a Roberta, un hada de gran corazón que compone canciones, pero algo novata y despistada en sus hechizos. A partir de ese día, Roberta acompaña a Lucía al colegio, al zoo, a la biblioteca..., y en todas partes pone en apuros a la niña con sus hechizos mal acertados. Al final, después de tantas aventuras, el hada Roberta consigue su propósito: Lucía descubre, feliz, su gran belleza, porque ella es única e irrepetible, como todos y cada uno de nosotros.

La colección ESTRATEGIAS DE SUPERVIVENCIA recoge todas aquellas tretas, señuelos y actividades que desarrollan los animales y las plantas tanto para defenderse como para atacar, para sobrevivir en medios hostiles, para reproducirse con éxito entre los dep