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.

A land of extremes, from active volcanic peaks to dense rain forests, Guatemala has sustained great civilizations and attracted foreign conquerors. While shadows of its vicious, decades-long civil war still linger, Guatemala's people work toward peace and stability in the face of corruption and impunity. Illuminating photographs, insightful facts, and informative sidebars help the reader discover what it's like to live in today's Guatemala, its ancient beginnings, dramatic landscape, rich culture, resilient people, and more.

Trabajadores de mi escuela (Workers at My School) 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 all the different people who work at a school, children will be introduced to different school employees. This informational text features simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, vivid photographs, and large font to encourage students to examine different types of school workers. Aligned with state standards, Trabajadores de mi...

El autor se adentra en el ámbito de lo visible y lo legible, defendiendo que no debemos considerar las imágenes sólo como objetos inertes que transmiten significado, sino como entes animados con deseos, necesidades, anhelos, exigencias e instintos propios. Remitiendo a numerosos ejemplos que atraviesan las distintas artes visuales, la literatura y los medios de comunicación, Mitchell analiza tanto iconos bizantinos como películas ciberpunk, estereotipos raciales y monumentos públicos, ídolos antiguos y clones modernos, imágenes ofensivas y pinturas aborígenes.

Ideal for English language learners, this Spanish-language series provides a lively first look at people and countries around the world. The simple text is supported by large, colorful photos. Titles feature an overview of each country's people, land, weather, homes, food, and lifestyle.