La Cuchimilda

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life. Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory, and pain, of being Latino American. Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents. With poets such...

¿Qué pasaría si una orca se encontrara con un tiburón blanco? ¿Qué pasaría si pelearan? ¿Quién crees que ganaría?

This novel tells the remarkable story of an unusual community of Siberian bandits who are the opponents to Stalin and deported to Transnistria, a long section between Moldova and Ukraine, even today no man's land, ravaged by corruption, organized crime and smuggling. There grew up Nikolai proud to recognize no other authority than his elders and defining themselves as honest criminals.

Mohandas Gandhi was one of the world's great leaders who used nonviolent resistance to protest against the caste system. Readers will learn all about his life, Hinduism, and the amazing things he accomplished in this inspiring, Spanish-translated nonfiction biographical title. Children will be fascinated and enlivened through interesting facts, vivid images, a helpful timeline, and a glossary that assists in improving vocabulary. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.