reading materials

Simple text and photographs introduce the continent of Africa, including the people, places, and animals. Includes online content that contains weblinks, audio and video clips, activities, and other features.

One by one, the young members of a mariachi group disappear during a busy day of performances.

Relates the traditional Cora Indian tale in which Opossum outwits the larger and more powerful Iguana and returns the stolen fire to the people of the earth.

Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to many different things.

When her supernatural powers manifest in front of a noble court, Mare, a thief in a world divided between commoners and superhumans, is forced to assume the role of lost princess before risking everything to help a growing rebellion.

Jay and his group, the Garrapatos Lunares, prepare for a battle of the bands competition to win time in a recording studio.

Contains fifty-two readings for beginning German language students, including short stories, poems, essays, and anecdotes; presented in German with English translations on facing pages.

Contains fifty readings from works of literature such as "Les Mis?rables," "Madame Bovary," and "The Three Musketeers," presented in side-by-side French and English.

A little boy and an elephant learn that things aren't always as they seem.

Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.