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"Este libro recoge muchas de las distintas advocaciones de la Virgen y gran número de las personas que son consideradas santas por la Iglesia católica. Las vidas de todos ellos sirven de ejemplo para aquellos creyentes que se acerquen a descubrirlos. De cada uno se incluye una imagen, el lugar de origen, su patronazgo, su festividad, su biografía y una oración."--Page 4 of cover.

In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is in trouble, she helps them cross to freedom.

This Spanish-translated nonfiction title gives children an in-depth look at what a career as a police officer is like. Readers will learn about various aspects of life as a police officer--from being accepted into the academy to keeping streets safe. Readers will learn what a typical day in the police academy is like as well as a day in the field as an officer. Through helpful charts and diagrams and colorful images in conjunction with informational text and stunning facts, readers discover important aspects of keeping communities safe, including what's inside the patrol car, K-9 units,...

When her mother was worn out from caring for her five sisters, her father gave her lessons in brushwork and color. When polio kept her bedridden for nine months, drawing saved her from boredom. When a bus accident left her in unimaginable agony, her paintings expressed her pain and depression - and eventually, her joys and her loves. Over and over again, Frida Kahlo turned the challenges of her life into art. Now Jonah Winter and Ana Juan have drawn on both the art and the life to create a playful, insightful tribute to one of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Viva Frida!

En El fascinante mundo de... las serpientes aprenderás que algunas especies son capaces de tragarse huevos enteros de gran tamaño. Verás cómo se enroscan las serpientes constrictoras alrededor de sus presas. Comprobarás que algunas especies detectan a los animales de sangre caliente. Descubrirás que no todas las serpienes son venenosas... y muchas más cosas sobre su fascinante mundo.