The Catcher

HIGH-INTEREST, LOW-LEVEL: Reluctant readers will be engaged from beginning to end as they explore the responsibilities and skills of the soccer goalie in this 32-page nonfiction book. Side-by-side English and Spanish text and vivid, exciting photos show readers what it takes to fill this key position in soccer. SPORTS BOOK FOR KIDS: Soccer goalies are their team's last line of defense. These players must be quick on their feet to stop the other team from scoring a goal. Learn what soccer goalies do to help their team to victory! INCLUDES: Readers will be hooked from beginning to end with...

“Dino” Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children’s books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these horned dinosaurs face-to-face: Torosaurus had the biggest skull of any animal ever! Pentaceratops had five sharp horns on its head! Styracosaurus was as big as an ice cream truck! Plus, you'll get to know Centrosaurus,...

As a successful former slave, Clara Brown used her money to help other freed slaves get a new start in life. In 1859 Clara bought her own freedom and headed west to Colorado to find her daughter, who was sold when she was just a little girl. Clara didn't find her daughter there, but she did get rich. The people she helped became her family, and she became known as "Aunt" Clara Brown.

El libro "Soy Sordo 100%" detalla los distinos ejemplos del Audismo que impera en la mayoria de las sociedades humanas, y en este caso particular, las experiencias vividas por jovenes sordos en sus familias, socializando fuera de su hogar y en sus escuelas. La narrativa captura a cabalidad las experiencias que pasan los sordos en el proceso social de integrarse a la corriente regular del sistema de educación. Retrata en forma lo mas aproximadamente posible las vicisitudes que pasan los estudiantes sordos cuando no se toman en cuenta los recursos a los que tienen derecho por ley, como los...

Antologia de textos d'autors d'arreu del món, per motivar la lectura i desenvolupar la comprensió lectora. Al final de cada lectura es planteja un treball lector estructurat en aquests epígrafs: - Comprueba que lo has entendido todo - Descubre palabras nuevas - Inventa historias - Comparte ideas