Actos Bondadosos (Showing Kindness)

In Chinese New Year, early readers will learn about this Chinese holiday and the ways people celebrate it. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they explore this unique holiday. A labeled diagram helps readers understand the symbols of Chinese New Year, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about Chinese New Year online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Chinese New Year also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index....

November 1940. A circus parade walks through the streets of Warsaw, waving a flag and singing. They are 160 Jewish children, forced by the Nazis to leave their beloved orphanage. It's a sad occasion, but led by Doctor Korczak, their inspirational director, the children are defiantly joyful. Their new home is in the ghetto, a prison for Jews. Two years later they board the train that will carry them away to the death camps. Offered his freedom, Doctor Korczak refuses to abandon the children and proudly joins them on their last journey. This profoundly moving illustrated book is based on the...

Conocer las cosas cuando se estan formando, quiere decir comprenderlas mejor. Los elementos de esta transformaicon pueden verse en gran parte en este libro que Bruno Munari ha compilado, basandose en cincuenta lecciones por el profesadas en la Universidad de Harvard.

Margaret Mead y Gregory Bateson fueron leyendas en vida. Muchos autores escribieron sobre estos célebres antropólogos cuya influencia aún se percibe en el mundo entero, pero nadie alcanzó la profundidad ni la familiaridad que revelan estas memorias escritas con amor por su hija. Este retrato profundamente humano de Margaret Mead y Gregory Bateson, permite ver desde una perspectiva nueva sus extraordinarios descubrimientos y teorías.

Oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth's surface, providing students with a variety of plant and animal life to learn about. An ocean biome includes the saltwater below the waves and everything on, above, and near the surface. Students will also learn about the beach, tides, cliffs, bays, coastlines, coral reefs, and tide pools in this Spanish-translated title.