César

Born in 1927 in Yuma, Arizona, César Chavez lived the hard-scrabble life of a migrant worker during the Depression. Although his mother wanted him to get an education, César left school after eighth grade to work. He grew to be a charismatic leader and founded the National Farm Workers Association, an organization that fought for basic rights for farm workers. In powerful poems and dramatic stylized illustrations, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand and David Díaz pay tribute to Chavez's legacy helping migrant workers improve their lives by doing things by themselves for themselves.

Los misteriosos sucesos que abordan la realidad humana no dejan de impresionarnos. El limitado conocimiento de los acontecimientos se siguen manifestando como un milagro sin importar la ciencia que busque darle explicacion a cada cosa. En esta historia breve y no menos interesante por dicho detalle, encontraremos un evento, sin duda, admirable y fantastico.

Enmarcada bajo la Colección Memoria Viva de la Editorial Cara Parens, la obra intercala varios estilos narrativos para contar la historia de Huisderio Armadel, un músico excéntrico, injustamente incomprendido, rechazado y condenado por sus coetáneos de la aldea Imbervalt, cuyos modales son reminiscentes a los de la sociedad guatemalteca conservadora. Cartas dirigidas a amantes y amigos, extractos del diario del violinista, informes y soliloquios –pasajes que a ratos rayan en la prosa poética– son algunas de las técnicas que, aunadas a su inclinación natural hacia la musicalidad y...

This book takes a look at the life of Apple Co-Founder and personal computer pioneer, Steve Jobs. The book is complete with photographs from Jobs' early life, simple text, and a timeline. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO. Translated by native Spanish speakers--and immersion school educators.

Children will be inspired to tell their own stories with this wordless reader, filled with engaging, colorful images that show what we can see and do in the different types of weather.