El mundo desde mi cometa

She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibri, Spanish for "Hummingbird". At age four she was kidnapped, torn from her parents on a crowded bus in Guatemala City. Since then, she's traveled with "Uncle," the ex-soldier and wandering beggar who has renamed her Rosa. Uncle has always told Rosa that he searched for his parents but had no success. There's almost no chance Rosa will ever find them--but Rosa still remembers and longs for them. When she was young, Uncle consulted fortune-tellers who told him that Rosa would bring him luck--a treasure big enough to last him...

This story follows a robot throughout the day as he recognizes the shapes in the world around him. The bright illustrations and Spanish-translated text work together to engage beginning readers, help them recognize different shapes, and build their foundational reading skills.

The Wigz family wants to go to the Hog Wild Carnival to enter their pet pigs in a contest, but they need to find money to go! Act out the story of their search for cash and change hidden around the house! This Spanish-translated script includes six roles, each of which match a different reading level. Teachers can apply differentiation and English language learner strategies to the script to assign roles in a way that accommodates all students, whether they are struggling or proficient readers. All students can engage in one activity together, gaining confidence in their reading fluency and...

(a partir del cuento original El patito feo) Feo no, bello: porque directamente, mamá pata, que paseaba cerca del río, vio un huevo grande y dijo “Esto no es mío. ¿Lo debería adoptar?” Pero lo pensó mejor, pues ya tenía diez preciosos patitos. Uno de ellos muy muy guapo...