Share the true meaning of Christmas with your children this holiday season. This simple but poetic text brings to life the story of Jesus' birth in a stable in Bethlehem. First published in 1952, this Little Golden Book adaption of the Christmas story was illustrated by beloved artist Eloise Wilkin. This classic picture book retelling of the Christmas story is a perfect gift for the holidays.
Offer a Wonderful Easter Story to Your Church’s Children Cokesbury makes it affordable with our $1.59 CHILDREN'S GIFT BOOK for Easter 2009. Limited Time Only The Sunlit Morning is the story of a family’s worship experience at a community sunrise service. Still in the near dark, an African American choir sings “He Rose,” while another group pantomimes the drama. Biblical art will accompany the text to tell the story of Easter. The symbolism of the stone is explained as the family gives each person a small stone to keep. When the brilliant sunrise illuminates the empty cross, readers will remember that Jesus lives. The story ends as the worshipers flower the cross and join together to enjoy breakfast. Value-priced at only $1.59 and written in English and Spanish, The Sunlit Morning is the perfect gift for every child ages 4-8 in your congregation. Each page of the storybook is supported with Scripture and is beautifully illustrated in color.
An art book, a memoir and a critical appraisal, of its subject, artist Torres Martino (b. Puerto Rico). Includes selected bibliographies of works by and about the author and indexes of names and illustrations. "Ponce native humanist, Jos Antonio Torres Martino is a personage of many hats, a wizard that has handled many herbs with intelligence, talent and social commitment. He is presented to us as a contemporary renaissance man: painter, serigraphist, engraver, columnist, union leader, talk-radio host, television anchorman, professor of the university, journalist and art intellectual"- Mario E. Roche Morales.
A list of almost 300 titles of Spanish language reading materials represents the recommendations of the California Media and Library Educators Association for use with Spanish-speaking, limited-English-proficient students in kindergarten through eighth grade. It is intended as a guide for teachers of Spanish and teachers of English language arts who work with this population. Selections include those originally written in Spanish and tales from the oral Spanish tradition, and comprise a variety of genres, including biography, drama, folklore and mythology, historical fiction, modern fantasy, nonfiction, picture book, poetry, realistic fiction, and science fiction. The materials were selected to appeal to readers with a variety of learning abilities and interests. Citations are divided into three sections, including: core and extended materials, recreational and motivational materials, and dual-text materials. Each entry is annotated and includes an entry type (in the case of core and extended materials), recommended grade span, an indication whether the entry is a translation from another language, and genre. Author and title indexes are also provided. (MSE)
