When the Spanish arrived in the Caribbean in 1492, they left destruction in their wake. But no people were as devastated as the Taino Indians. Even the name of the island where they made their home - Quisqueya - was stolen, and called Hispaniola. In the wake of the Spanish Conquest, the Tainan people struggled not for survival, but simply to be remembered. Their histories, their chants, and their gods were almost entirely wiped away. Until now. This is the untold story of the devastation wrought by the Spanish Conquest on the island of Quisqueya. It is the story of a people who cry out for remembrance more than 500 years later. It is the story of a few brave people who dared to stand up against a powerful empire that was dedicated to their annihilation. Stolen Peace combines fictional and historical characters from both the Spanish conquerors and Taino cultures to give insight into those forces that decimated a culture in a single generation.

From the first day that I taught in China, students repeatedly told me, "We are the future of China " I couldn't help being impressed with their desire to build up their country. They wanted it to someday become one of the most beloved powers in this world. They wished to create a kind, benevolent China-one that would serve as a shining example to the world, which would ever be ready to help and build up other nations, so we all can enjoy outstanding, prosperous futures someday. These young people now wish to share their stories with you, to give you a glimpse of the vibrancy of their rapidly changing world.

Ever since Rose was a toddler, her father, a professor at a prestigious university, encouraged her to study in America. However, by the time she entered college, the political climate in her country had escalated to such dangerous levels that the chances for her to study abroad had greatly diminished. But Rose refused to forget her childhood dream, and amid heavy gunfire, she escaped. When Rose reached the United States, she took advantage of every opportunity this country offered her, and earned high recognition in academia. Amid this freedom, she could never forget the family she left behind. As a woman of accomplishment, Rose had overcome numerous obstacles, but this separation from her own family members-whose safety and freedom were constantly threatened-was the greatest problem she ever had to face. So now, how is she going to solve it?

Do children need to be developmentally ready to know colors in Chinese? We, of the STUPENDOUS COLORS method, wonder about this, for this method taught three colors to a baby who was just five months old, and babies and toddlers pick up all kinds of languages quickly. This book is designed to teach 15 colors to toddlers in five days- including chartreuse and gold, which are not easy to learn. JIAO BAO BAO SHI YANSE is the Chinese version of STUPENDOUS COLORS that was originally created in English. It is devised to teach the same colors as in STUPENDOUS COLORS to any toddler in Chinese, whether or not they are Chinese speaking -while it also introduces Chinese words to them in both simplified characters and pinyin. This method of teaching colors has been tested on 300 preschoolers, who absolutely loved it and showed great enthusiasm for it. Since STUPENDOUS COLORS has been a favorite among many toddlers, who amazed people by how many colors they knew, JIAO BAO BAO SHI YANSE- its Chinese version- may do the same with your children, who may even pick up Chinese words, besides the names of colors.

Five-year-old Joaquin isn't supposed to know anything about the world outside the protected environment where he has been reared. His mother is determined to insulate him from the clashes that took his father's life. But then his father's adoptive parent note: ADOPTIVE parent, not an ADOPTED parent], Abdullah, enters his life. Later, Joaquin learns that his brilliant geography and history tutor, Senor De Guzman, is a converso; many conversos were Jews who were forcibly converted to Christianity. Joaquin discovers that the world he lives in is unsafe for anyone who is different. As time passes, Joaquin finds himself caught between faiths-the very fate that his mother feared, because the Inquisition does not tolerate dissension. Set in Spain starting at 1505 and continues as Joaquin matures, STOLEN FAITH is the sequel to STOLEN PEACE.

COLORES FABULOSOS is the Spanish version of STUPENDOUS COLORS that was originally created in English. It is devised to teach the same colors as in STUPENDOUS COLORS to any toddler in Spanish, whether or not they are Spanish speaking-while it also introduces Spanish words to them. This method is based on the same question as STUPENDOUS COLORS was created: Do children need to be developmentally ready to recognize colors? We, of the STUPENDOUS COLORS method, believe otherwise, for our method has taught three colors to a baby who was just five months old. It is designed to teach 15 colors to toddlers in five days-including chartreuse and gold, which are not easy to learn. This method of teaching colors has been tested on 300 preschoolers, who absolutely loved it, learned it quickly, and showed great enthusiasm for it. Since STUPENDOUS COLORS has been a favorite among many toddlers, who amazed people by how many colors they knew, COLORES FABULOSOS-its Spanish version- may do the same with your children, who may even pick up other Spanish words, besides the names of colors.

If you can read Japanese, now you can teach your babies and toddlers fifteen color in five days IN JAPANESE without pressuring them. Do children need to be developmentally ready to know colors? We, of the STUPENDOUS COLORS method, wonder about this, for it has taught three colors to a baby who was just five months old. It also clarified colors toddlers often confused. With its straightforward, inductive method of introducing colors, it often taught fifteen colors to toddlers in five days-including chartreuse and gold, which are not easy to learn, while also increasing their vocabulary and concentration spans. This method has been tested on 300 preschoolers, who absolutely loved it and showed great enthusiasm for it. STUPENDOUS COLORS has been a favorite among many toddlers, who amazed people by how many colors they knew. Once they learned the colors, children have been known to insist upon carrying this book everywhere they went and reading it over and over again to themselves. So why not let a mother, who had taught her kids to read fluently by kindergarten, show you what this book can do?

Now you can teach your babies and toddlers fifteen color in five days IN GERMAN without pressuring them Mussen Sauglinge und Kleinkinder Entwicklungsbereitschaft zeigen, um Farben zu erkennen? Wenn shon in funf Monate altes Kleinkind durch diese Farben-Lehrmethode drei Farben unterscheiden konnte so stellten wir fest, dass wir sehr wenig uber Entwicklungsbereitschaft wissen. Tatsachlich beweisen Studien, dass Sauglinge in der Lage sind Dinge auf Gebieten zu lernen, die wir nie fur moglich hielten. Wenn ihnen solche fruhen Lemmoglichkeiten geboten werden, so erweiterten sich ihre Fahigkeiten ungemein, was zu einer Welt besserer Menschen in der Zukunft fuhren kann. - Gloria Bond, eine Mutter deren Kinder bereits fliessend lesen konnten wenn sie ins Vorschulalter kamen.* *(I am an American who had lived in Germany for several years, where "Kindergarten" refers to an older age group of children than American kindergarteners, who are five to six year old and closer to the age of children in the "erste Klasse" in Germany. In Germany, kindergarteners are preschoolers, or children who are of nursery school age in the US.) Do babies and young children need to be developmentally ready to learn colors? When a five-month-old infant could identify three colors from this method of teaching colors, we realized that we know very little about developmental readiness. In fact, studies show that babies are capable of learning in areas we've never imagined. When given such early learning opportunities, their abilities greatly multiply, which can result in a world of better people in the future. -Gloria Bond, a mother whose children were reading fluently when they entered kindergarte