El Marques de Lafayette (The Marquis de Lafayette)

Poetry illustrated by Felipe Dávalos, Sofia Suzán, María Eugenia Jara, Isaac Hernández, Alain Espinosa, Manuel Monroy, Claudia de Teresa.

Take a trip to New Orleans with a young girl and her family as they attend one of the world's biggest parties: Mardi Gras! Learn all about the history of this fascinating festival as you practice subtraction strategies. This fiction math book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, engaging sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning subtraction strategies relevant and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading...

La mayoría pasamos la vida hundidos hasta la demencia por las creencias, cánones, prejuicios, costumbres y tradiciones, por lo que otros definieron como ‘lo correcto’, tanto que dejamos de vivir por simplemente ser llevados y arrastrados entre la corriente. Ir A Contracorriente es recuperar la vida del pasado y de todo lo que nos dijeron que era y que creímos, y que no resultó ser así. La creencia ciega de que la vida debe ser como siempre ha sido, nos acobarda para retarla y navegar en sus aguas de maneras innovadoras. Nos llenamos de sentido común y no dejamos espacio para lo...

The Industrial Revolution brought important changes to America. People began migrating to cities for work, and immigrants began to arrive in American in larger numbers than ever before as they looked for new employment opportunities. Readers explore the impact of the Industrial Revolution on U.S. migration and immigration patterns. As readers learn about essential social studies curriculum topics, engaging historical images and detailed primary sources hold their interest. This transformative period in American history comes alive for readers with each turn of the page.