Yellowstar

The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court. Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice Sotomayor didn't have a lot growing up, but she had what she needed -- her mother's love, a will to learn, and her own determination. With bravery she became the person she wanted to be. With hard work she succeeded. With little sunlight and only a modest plot from which to grow,...

On some days, seven-year old Julie feels like she's living in a Fun House. Hers is a topsy-turvy world where the toaster sprouts a toothbrush, and a watermelon gets dressed up in pink underpants for Fourth of July! But on other days, Julie struggles with understanding why her Halloween trick-or-treating got cancelled, or why Grandma can't remember her name. Julie is struggling with understanding her grandmother's Alzheimer's disease. Authors Max Wallack and Carolyn Given believe that no child is too young to learn about this disease, or how to participate in providing safe care for their...

Si crees que ADN son las siglas de un país muy muy lejano y que el bruto de la clase es el único que desciende del mono, ¡has dado con la lectura que necesitabas! Este divertido libro ilustrado explica la genética y la evolución... ¡de manera que lo entienda todo el mundo! ¿Sabías que existen los mutantes? ¿Que cualquier célula de tu cuerpo sabe más de ti que tus padres? ¿Y que algo llamado gen ha hecho que heredes la barbilla de tu bisabuelo (el guapo, claro)? En las páginas de Cómo explicar genética con un dragón mutante descubrirás... ...¡las leyes más extrañas y...

Disfrute de poemas, en verso libre, que hablan del amor, la pasión, la amistad, la soledad, los sueños y otras sorpresas de la vida. ¡Apoya a los escritores independientes, comentando y calificando sus obras! ¡Gracias!