Amy-Tsosie is frightened when a snake crosses her shadow while tending sheep, so her grandfather, the medicine man, prepares a healing ceremony to alleviate her fears.
Examines the life and career of the man who served as vice-president of the United States for eight years under Ronald Reagan and was then elected to follow him as the forty-first president.
Describes the commemoration of the victory of the Mexican army over the French army on May 5, 1862, a victory which signaled the end of foreign invasions of North America.
A biography of the California astrophysicist who became, with the second mission of the Challenger spacecraft in June 1983, the first American woman and the youngest American astronaut to orbit the earth.
Go back in time to learn more about the Spanish missionaries who came to California in the 1700s and how the mission system shaped Californias history. Each book in this series examines a region of California that was greatly influenced by missions. Missions introduced in Central Coast Missions in California include Mission Santa Brbara Virgen y Mrtir, La Pursima Concepcin de Maria Santsima, and Santa Ins Virgen y Mrtir. In this book, youll learn about: the Native Americans living in the Central Coast area before missionaries arrived; why missionaries chose this area and what happened when they arrived; how the missionaries designed and built the missions; what daily life was like at the missions; what happened to cause the end of each mission; and what the missions look like today. This series also includes California Mission Projects and Layouts, which provides directions for creating models of missions. Get ready for Exploring California Missions!
Young readers will discover many different types of animals that live in the sea -- whales, sharks and dolphins -- in these beautifully photographed books.
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