Describes, in text and photographs, the vanishing culture of the Yanomama, a primitive group that lives in the Amazon Territory of Venezuela.
Amazon Basin
Americas
Materials from the Americas
My Little Polar Bear
A polar bear reassures a cub by describing what a polar bear is and does, and promising to lovingly teach such necessary skills as hunting and walking securely on ice.
The Indigo Notebook (Indigo Notebook)
An exciting new series from the acclaimed author of Red Glass.Zeeta’s life with her free-spirited mother, Layla, is anything but normal. Every year Layla picks another country she wants to live in. This summer they’re in Ecuador, and Zeeta is determined to convince her mother to settle down. Zeeta makes friends with vendors at the town market and begs them to think of upstanding, “normal” men to set up with Layla. There, Zeeta meets Wendell. She learns that he was born nearby, but adopted by an American family. His one wish is to find his birth parents, and Zeeta agrees to help him. But when Wendell’s biological father turns out to be involved in something very dangerous, Zeeta wonders whether she’ll ever get the chance to tell her mom how she really feels—or to enjoy her deepening feelings for Wendell.Praise for Red Glass:*“A captivating read.”—School Library Journal, Starred
She Thief
When Demi–a master pickpocket working for the gang leader Fay–steals a ring, his partner in crime, Baz, soon finds herself alone and betrayed as police and the Barrio’s crime boss close in on Fay and her den of child thieves.
Todo El Mundo Cocina Arroz
A child is sent to find a younger brother at dinnertime and is introduced to a variety of cultures through encountering the many different ways rice is prepared at the different households visited.
Say Hola to Spanish at the Circus (Say Hola To Spanish)
The creators of the popular Say Hola books now take their Spanish-language adventure to the circus. Readers will get to see the greatest show on earth as performed by trapecistas (trapeze artists), payasos (clowns), leones (lions), and elefantes (elephants). Through whimsical art and rhyming text, Say Hola to Spanish at the Circus is a great way to learn the second most spoken language in the U.S.
Riding Freedom (Un caballo llamado Libertad)
Based on the life of Charlotte Parkhurst, this rollicking adventure story traces the daring and unusual escapades of a real 1860’s girl who disguised herself as a man so she could live, work, and vote as she pleased.
Lost Ball, The/La Pelota Perdida
One park,
two dogs,
two boys,
two lost balls …
and dozens of
ballplayers.
Is this your ball?
No!
¿Es ésta tu pelota?
¡No!
Then …
let’s go find the owner of this ball!
¡Vamos a buscar al dueño de esta pelota!
Turn these pages and you will discover that boys and dogs and ballplayers speak the same language (even when they don’t).
And by the time you finish this book, you will, too.
Sapo Duerme Fuera De Casa
Tony’s toad behavior and toad talents make him popular with his friend Memo, a mannerly field mouse. Convinced that Tony is not a suitable playmate for their son, Memo’s parents are forced to reconsider when Tony literally snatches victory from the jaws of a very hungry coyote.
America (Lee And Low): A Book Of Opposites/Un Libro De Contrarios
Illustrated by ten talented and ethnically varied children’s book artists, this new edition celebrates in words (both Spanish and English) and images what America is all about: diversity. Young children are led through a land of opposites, where they learn how to differentiate between high and low, wet and dry, and rough and smooth.