TACITAS MILAGROSAS

Imagine being lost and stranded in the desert. Would you know what to do to survive? This useful Spanish-translated nonfiction title explains the important skills needed to survive in the desert. With helpful diagrams and images, definitions, tips and instructions, informational text, a bibliography, and a list of other helpful websites, readers can be assured that they will learn about the dangers of heat exhaustion, desert plants that could aid in survival, and other helpful tips in order to survive in an emergency.

Did you know that most animals in the world don't have backbones? Learn more about invertebrates in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction book. Readers will learn all about mollusks, arthropods, arachnids, and crustaceans while being stimulated from cover to cover with its detailed images and charts, intriguing facts, and informative text.

The Underground Railroad was the massive effort by slaves and free people to secretly bring thousands of blacks to freedom in the North during the 19th century. This thought-provoking book will capture readers’ imaginations and fill them with awe for the brave “conductors” and “passengers” on the Railroad. They’ll learn about the many safe havens, called “depots,” that housed fugitives and the secret passages within them that hid slaves from their pursuers. Information about the American Civil War and the Fugitive Slave Act, biographies of figures vital to the Underground Railroad,...

Algunas de las poesías que Fernández Shaw compendió en su Cancionero infantil ya figuraban en libros anteriores, pero otras fueron escritas especialmente para este volumen dedicado a las niñas y niños españoles en formación. La propuesta abarcaba cantos a la patria castellana y al viaje de Colón, loas a paisajes y sitios históricos, piezas didácticas para inculcar principios católicos y una serie de poemas pensados alrededor de escenarios marinos. Esta obra se alzó con el Premio Fastenrath en su primera entrega. Carlos Fernández Shaw (Cádiz, 1865 - El Pardo, 1911) fue un...