Betsy Ross

Biography of Benjamin Franklin, a great American inventor, statesmen and diplomat as well as one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. In graphic novel format.

Discover what it takes to be an Emergency Room doctor in this enlightening, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Readers learn about the hard work and dedication it takes to have a career as an ER doctor and what a typical day is like in the emergency room. From medical school to residency, medical symptoms to diagnosis, children will learn all about the steps it takes to get involved in this profession. This engaging title features vivid photos, helpful charts and diagrams, informational text, a glossary of terms, and an interview with a real-life ER doctor to delight, inform, and encourage...

There is growing concern over how we behave and interact online, from fighting, incivility, rudeness, and even criminal behaviors like cyberbullying, to simply adapting old forms of etiquette to a new landscape. This book, updated from an earlier resource, provides younger readers an introduction to this timely topic, a subject that they are both engaged in forming themselves as "digital natives," and one they also often require guidance in. It informs readers about the polite and productive use of social media networks and mobile platforms and discusses pressing issues of etiquette within...

¡Hay nieve en el suelo, y los carámbanos se están formando! Debe ser invierno. A través de fotografías de color descubra qué tipo de actividades la gente hace en el invierno. Las preguntas de pensamiento crítico y otras grandes características hacen que esta edición en español sea una excelente introducción a la lectura de no ficción para niños. There's snow on the ground, and icicles are forming! It must be winter. Through vivid full-color photographs and carefully leveled text, discover what kinds of activities people do in the winter. Age-appropriate critical thinking...

Un canto a la libertad, el amor y la amistad. Este libro recrea la vida de Hipatia de Alejandría, una figura capital de la antigüedad y protagonista del filme Ágora, de Alejandro Amenábar. Estuvo versada en filosofía, matemáticas y astronomía, pero su clase magistral para la historia fueron su sed de vida y de conocimiento, así como el valor y la entereza para defender sus ideales de convivencia y tolerancia. Hipatia fue un espíritu libre, una voz incómoda a causa de la férrea voluntad de llevar una vida plena como mujer sin pedir perdón por ello, aunque debiera pagar por ello el...