Trilobites

Go for the goal with this text, which examines fascinating female sports heroes who’ve proved to the world that gender is no barrier to athletic success. Readers will delight in learning about the lives of Mia Hamm, Wilma Rudolph, and the Williams sisters, as well as other important women who’ve broken barriers in sports. Readers will be inspired to pursue a career in athletics after learning about how others have achieved success in spite of great obstacles. The biographical nature of the text supports social studies curricula, and fact boxes and a comprehensive timeline provide...

En la historia reciente del país el 2 de octubre de 1968 marcó un hito del cual, hasta hoy, no se conocía con detalle lo que ocurrió en aquel tiempo al interior del Ejército. Personaje clave para explicar y contextualizar ese y otros episodios que marcaron el régimen posrevolucionario, el general Marcelino García Barragán. Juan Veledíaz traza un retrato de García Barragán y el grupo de militares con los que se formó desde los viejos tiempos de la Revolución, documenta rupturas, pone de relieve las intrigas al interior del poder castrense, y a partir de entrevistas con oficiales...

Celebrating tolerance and acceptance, each title in this constructive and accessible series focuses on the rewards and challenges of having a friend with a disability. Everyday situations are accompanied by informative sidebars that provide details about the highlighted disability.

Correlated to the science curriculum, our Spanish-language series describes how the types of homes that different animals build reflect adaptations to their environments. Through simple, easy-to-follow text, each volume looks at each type of home as a shelter from predators and weather and a place to store food and raise young. Young readers also learn how animal homes and human homes fulfill similar needs and functions.