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.

Culmina con este volumen la trilogía de poesía religiosa «Hombre y Dios». Para esta última antología se ha elegido Europa, incluyendo la del Este, aunque el «telón» impidió, durante un largo tiempo, la publicación de este tipo de poesía en algunos países. La selección de poemas aquí recogidos se-rá, quizá, para algunos lectores el único medio de otear las intuiciones poéticas de la Europa del siglo XX. Hay textos fragmentarios, hecho que responde al deseo de ajustarse a la elección inicial de la obra, y se ha optado por presentar en forma bilingüe los poemas escritos en...

California became a territory in the United States when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. That treaty ended the Mexican War. Several days before its signing, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in what is now Sacramento. The non-Native population of the territory was less than one thousand in 1848, but the gold rush increased that number to one hundred thousand by the end of 1849. The gold rush not only made many people wealthy, it brought ecologic devastation while speeding up California’s statehood. This book richly explores this interesting history.

Celebrating tolerance and acceptance, each title in this constructive and accessible series focuses on the rewards and challenges of having a friend with a disability. Everyday situations are accompanied by informative sidebars that provide details about the highlighted disability.

Cuando en China se ordena exterminar a todos los gorriones porque se comen gran parte de las cosechas, Ming-Li decide salvar tantos pájaros como pueda. El valeroso gesto de la niña será una lección para los que no supieron ver la importancia de cada especie en el ciclo de la vida.