Llamas & Alpacas The Ultimate Llama & Alpaca Book (Animal Books for Kids, #24)
by Jenny Kellett
Mariano's First Glove / El Primer Guante de Mariano
by Robert Casilla
Discusses the history, landscape, people, animals, food, sports, and culture of Cuba.
Tasked with observing and protecting the islands' amazing wildlife, the scientists will track and study the animals and plants that are unique to this incredible archipelago. To get the job done they will climb volcanoes, get sneezed on by marine iguanas, watch dancing birds, launch a deep-diving submersible and explore the dazzling underwater wonders of Galápagos.
Let's Explore Cuba (Bumba Books (R) -- Let's Explore Countries)
by Walt K Moon
Animales Sudamericanos (Set) (Animales Sudamericanos)
Join a crew of marine biologists as they sail around the incredible Galapagos Islands. Tasked with observing and cataloguing the islands' amazing wildlife and habitats, the scientists need to track down the animals and plants that are unique to the ecosystem and make a visual record. To get the job done they'll have to climb volcanoes, get sneezed?on by marine iguanas, launch a submersible and explore the deep-sea, and so on. Along the way we'll encounter the experts who are the inheritors of Da...
Growing Up Pedro: Candlewick Biographies (Candlewick Biographies)
by Tavares Matt
“Masterfully depicts, with quick verse and beautiful illustrations, the world in which the two siblings came of age. . . . A wonderful introduction to a truly special player.” — School Library Journal (starred review) Before Pedro Martínez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young three times, he was a kid from a place called Manoguayabo in the Dominican Republic. Pedro loved baseball more than anything,...
Peru (Enchantment of the World) (Enchantment of the World)
by Michael Burgan
In 2017, less than three weeks after Salvador Gómez-Colón’s fifteenth birthday, Puerto Rico was struck by a historic Category 4 hurricane. Residents were completely caught in the dark; news about Hurricane Maria broke only two days before it made landfall. Salvador and his family fared better than most, but many in his community were left with destroyed homes and little access to basic resources. Unable to ignore this suffering, Salvador put his good fortune to good use, starting a fund-raising...
Enrique's Journey (the Young Adult Adaptation)
by Sonia Nazario