Vocales

November 1940. A circus parade walks through the streets of Warsaw, waving a flag and singing. They are 160 Jewish children, forced by the Nazis to leave their beloved orphanage. It's a sad occasion, but led by Doctor Korczak, their inspirational director, the children are defiantly joyful. Their new home is in the ghetto, a prison for Jews. Two years later they board the train that will carry them away to the death camps. Offered his freedom, Doctor Korczak refuses to abandon the children and proudly joins them on their last journey. This profoundly moving illustrated book is based on the...

La poesía revienta, estruja, libera, asciende, te asesina, te acurruca, te limpia el alma, te corrompe los miedos. La poesía te convierte, lo ha hecho conmigo y si estuviera en un plano de paradojas contradictorias, yo convierto la poesía y la poesía me hace poeta. Yo te hago musa, tu me haces profeta. Y así vamos de la mano, en un viaje donde la poesía te convierte, mientras yo la hago. Francisco Medina

Learn how division makes planning a birthday party fun and easy! This Spanish book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts content. Students will be engaged in reading about what is involved with planning the perfect birthday party, from buying enough food to shopping for the cake and decorations-and learn division along the way! The glossary, index, and table of contents will further understanding of reading and math concepts. The full-color images, practice problems, and math graphs and charts make...

A 2014 report by the US Department of Education found that 22 percent of students ages twelve to eighteen had experienced bullying. This cogent narrative provides readers with supportive methods to help a friend who is being bullied and to promote a bully-free learning environment at school. Physical, social, psychological, and verbal bullying are examined, as well as cyberbulling. Readers discover the consequences of bullying both as a target and as a bystander. They also consider ways to intervene in a bullying situation, how to seek adult help, and how to be empowered and recover from...