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Bronco Charlie y el Pony Express (Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express)

From the Series Yo solo: Historia (On My Own History)

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 4
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Bronco Charlie longs for a life of adventure. By the time he turned eleven, he’d been a sailor, a cowboy, and could tame wild bucking broncos. But Charlie was always itching for new challenges, and when a Pony Express horse shows up riderless, Charlie gets his big chance. The next station is fifty miles away, and Charlie will have to ride through rocky mountains in the blinding rain to safely deliver the mail. With the threat of hostile Indians, wild animals, and the dangers of riding at night, will Charlie find the courage to face his fears and prove that you’re never too young to be brave?

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978-0-8225-6317-4
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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 4
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Picture Books, Social Studies
Category Spanish-Language
Copyright 2006
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand On My Own Books
Imprint ediciones Lerner
Language Spanish
Number of Pages 48
Publication Date 2005-08-01
Text Type Fiction—Historical
BISACS JUV016150, JUV004020, JUV030060
Dewey 383'.143'092
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 6 x 8.5
ATOS Reading Level 4.2
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 77027
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Author/Illustrator note, Pronunciation guide, Reviewed, and Teaching Guides

Author: Marlene Targ Brill

Marlene is an award-winning author of almost 70 titles for readers preschool through adult. She began writing while teaching children with disabilities, producing materials to help her students learn. With time, the desire to write grew stronger. Soon she was writing for a variety of formats—magazines, internet, newspapers, scripts, books, and textbooks for readers of all ages. Yet, she never forgets where the dream of writing originated—through work with children. She is drawn back into classrooms to share the wonders of research and writing, and, of course, reading books.

Illustrator: Craig Orback

Craig Orback is an award-winning children’s book illustrator living in the Northwest. He teaches children’s book illustration and oil painting at several local colleges. In his free time he enjoys painting landscapes and sharing his books with kids during school and library visits.

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Yo solo: Historia (On My Own History)

With striking, full-page illustrations, real and fictionalized characters, and stories featuring events that really happened, these histories engage readers’ interests and imaginations View available downloads →

Reviews

MultiCultural Review

“This is an excellent series to entice Spanish-speaking beginning readers (and Spanish learners) to appreciate well-known events in the history of the United States.”
—MultiCultural Review