Jackie Robinson

Young readers will learn the ways that César Chávez fought to protect the rights and lives of migrant workers in this inspiring Spanish-translated biography that gives history behind protests and developments of unions that Chávez led. Vivid images and an interesting timeline of Chávez's life work in conjunction with supportive text and a helpful glossary, table of contents, and index to engage readers from cover to cover.

George Washington Carver was a skilled botanist who became famous for his work with peanuts and other plants. Readers will discover the captivating life of this incredible scientist in this engaging scientific biography translated in Spanish. Using colorful photos and graphs, children will learn why Carver was known as "The Plant Doctor" as a child and how his work with peanuts, sweet potatoes, and pecans helped change the way people used plants! The helpful glossary and index aid in better understanding of the content, while a simple, interesting experiment leaves Spanish-speaking children...

Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in fighting for Civil Rights for all people. In this Spanish-translated biography, readers will learn about his inspirational life as he fought for equality of African Americans through nonviolence. The rich photos, supportive text, helpful glossary, timeline, table of contents, and index give readers important information for understanding King's fight against Jim Crow Laws.

Ante esta situación crítica quisiera hacer algo, debo hacer algo. No me interesa el poder, me interesa la autoridad moral, la mucha o la poca que tenga, la que me gane cada día, porque no pretendo estar sino ser. Con estas palabras, Alejandro Rojas-Marcos se sincera ante la autora del libro, Rosa Díaz. Y de ese ser de Alejandro Rojas Marcos opinan importantes personajes de la vida andaluza y española, configurando el más completo de sus retratos, el de la palabra vivida. La obra va mucho más allá de la biografía de uno de los políticos más completos que ha dado Andalucía; estamos...

Defines screws, explains their functions, and suggests simple experiments to demonstrate how they work.

Escasas son las noticias que nos han llegado acerca de Apolonio de Rodas, poeta griego de la epoca alejandrina. Sabemos de el que nacio hacia el ano 300 a.C. en Alejandria, donde fue director de la famosa biblioteca y preceptor del heredero del trono. En Las argonauticas, poema epico en cuatro cantos, relata Apolonio las aventuras de Jason y los argonautas en busca del vellocino de oro, una de las fabulas mitologicas mas conocidas de la Antiguedad.

Inteligencia y sabiduría de la Palabra de Dios para los jóvenes. Una maravillosa idea de regalo para él o para ella.