California: De pueblos a ciudades: Read-along ebook

Veinticuatro horas son las que Amy Smith, socióloga canadiense, piensa permanecer en China, adonde ha tenido que viajar para resolver un asunto legal relacionado con la casa de sus antepasados. Sin embargo, en cuanto empieza a escuchar lo que el encargado del papeleo tiene que decir sobre sus ancestros, se da cuenta de que esa historia, la historia trágica y extraordinaria de su familia, la va a retener allí durante mucho más tiempo.En el principio de esa historia está Fong Dak-fat, que a sus dieciséis años no tiene más que un sueño: abandonar la miserable vida que lleva como...

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...

Now in a Spanish-language edition! “A must-read for a deeper understanding of a well-connected genius who enriched the cultural road map for African Americans and books about them.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro–Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk’s passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. A century later, his groundbreaking collection, known as...

Examines aspects of painting, including its development through history, the way painters work, the materials they use, and ways of appreciating paintings, with movable flaps that reveal text and illustrations.