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Trabajadores de mi ciudad (Workers in My City) builds critical literacy skills with this exciting Spanish-translated nonfiction reader. Engage students with fascinating content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Focusing on different types of workers, children will be introduced to the people who work hard in the city. This informational text features simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, vivid photographs, and large font to encourage students to examine different types of city workers. Aligned with state standards, Trabajadores de mi ciudad (Workers...

Introduce readers to some of the most well-known criminals and tyrants of the past with this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction book! Featuring intriguing facts and theories, colorful images, and informational text in conjunction with a glossary of terms, a bibliography, and a list of helpful websites with more information, readers will want to learn all they can about ancient history and the bad guys and gals from the past. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Rabbit burrows play an important part in the life of a rabbit. A burrow provides a place to live, a place to raise baby rabbits, and a place to stay safe from predators. This volume, which was written to support elementary science curricula, examines the role a burrow plays in the survival of a warren, and how that in turn helps rabbits contribute to ecosystems around the world. The text’s age-appropriate, science-rich content focuses on rabbit behavior and encourages readers to draw connections between what they learn in science class and what they see outside. This text is complemented by ...

Maria Zef no llega a los 15 años, pero ya está acostumbrada a la dureza de la vida en el campo, un mundo de hombres frente al que chocará su espíritu soñador y libre. Tres mujeres en un camino de la Italia rural: una madre exhausta y enferma y sus dos hijas, niñas todavía. Maria Zef, la hija mayor, tira, como si fuera una bestia, de un carromato cargado de cacharros en venta al tiempo que vigila constantemente para que su madre siga en pie. Como cada año, han bajado de las montañas en las que viven antes de que la nieve las inmovilice allí durante meses de frío y pobreza. El viaje...