El maravilloso ciclo del agua

Margarita es una chica de trece años que se siente sola. Un día, empieza a cartearse con otra chica de su edad, que está muy triste porque han secuestrado a su hermano. Margarita, por casualidad, descubre quiénes son los secuestradores.

With striking full-color photos and minimal text, in Spanish, this series immediately involves young readers as they discover intriguing facts about the world around them.

In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking 'forty-niners!' With black-and-white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life!

Three Puerto Rican stories include the title story, which represents the land's indigenous Tainos; the tale of la Guinea, which is rooted in the nation's African culture; and la Mula's tale, a story of Spanish origin.