Raised in the British colony of Valparai?so, Chile, English orphan Eliza Sommers meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaqui?n Andieta, a lowly clerk with ambitious dreams. When gold is discovered in the hills of northern California, Chileans, including Joaqui?n, head north to seek their fortune. Eliza, pregnant with Joaqui?n's child, leaves behind everything she knows to follo…
Thousands of children's books are published each year-some are outstanding, while others are not. This book makes it easier for you to find the best in children's nonfiction books, and it offers concrete, classroom-tested ideas for presenting them to students in irresistible ways. Booktalks for more than 350 nonfiction titles (appropriate for elementary and middle school students) are organized…