Featuring this month: José Martí and Cristobal Colón, as part of the biography series for kids.

Conoce a José Martí (Get to Know Jose Marti) Antonio Orlando Rodríguez ISBN: 9781631130502 BISAC: JUVENILE NONFICTION /Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage — Historical — Literary — Political Conoce a Cristóbal Colón (Get to Know Christopher Columbus) María Isabel Molina ISBN: 9780882723303 BISAC: JUVENILE NONFICTION /Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage — Historical José Martí was barely 16 years old when he began to fight for the independence of his homeland through his writing. At 17 he was declared an enemy of Spain and sentenced to six years of prison and hard labor. But that did not stop him. Martí dedicated his life to defending Cuba’s right to independence. Today he is remembered and honored as a man of integrity—brilliant and courageous—a lover of freedom and peace. Would you like to get to know Martí? Open this book and start reading! Few people have had as much impact on history as Christopher Columbus. Columbus was convinced that his idea of traveling west from Europe was going to change the world, but not even he was able to imagine how much. He died without knowing that he had discovered a new continent, inhabited by many peoples with new ways of thinking and living. Who was this man who managed to get the king and queen of Spain to pay for a voyage that, in the opinion of the experts, was a crazy idea? Do you want to get to know Columbus? Open this book and start reading! See this flyer in PDF OTHER TITLES IN THIS SERIES Conoce a Pablo Picasso (Get to Know Pablo Picasso) Monica Brown Conoce a Miguel de Cervantes (Get to Know Miguel de Cervantes) Edna Iturralde Conoce a Simón Bolívar (Get to Know Simón Bolívar) Edna Iturralde Conoce a José de San Martín (Get to Know José de San Martín) Adela Basch Conoce a Gabriel García Márquez (Get to Know Gabriel García Márquez) Monica Brown Conoce a Pablo Neruda (Get to Know Pablo Neruda) Georgina Lázaro León Conoce a Gabriela Mistral (Get to Know Gabriela Mistral) Georgina Lázaro León 9781614353447 9781614353461 9781614353423 9781614353430 9781631130076 9781614353416 9781614353454 To learn more about these titles, contact your account executive Diana Minella 800-245-8584, ext. 272 - fax 305-591-7473