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Winner of: International Latino Book Awards 2014, Primer Premio en la categoría Best Young Adult Non-Fiction Book Focusing on key figures from the worlds of art, literature, music, politics, and science, this collection introduces young readers to luminaries who, despite the difficulties and failures of their childhoods, went on to accomplish great things. Readers will discover what individuals such as Jane Austen, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Mohandas Gandhi, John Lennon, Pablo Picasso, and even the author himself were like as children and young adults, and draw inspiration from their...

"Introduccion de Jorge Rodriguez Padron. Su poesia arranca como un grito de emancipacion femenina e individual, con raices en el romanticismo y el modernismo, y recorre un itinerario que irrumpe en el espacio poetico de la modernidad."

¡Choque! ¡Mira a ese camión monstruo! Aprenda sobre lo que hacen los camiones monstruosos y cómo funcionan. Esta edición ofrece emocionantes fotografías de color, un glosario de fotos para ayudar a los jóvenes lectores a navegar por el libro y preguntas de pensamiento crítico para ayudar con las habilidades de no ficción en los lectores jóvenes. Crash! Whoa! Watch that monster truck go! Learn about what monster trucks do and how they work. This Spanish-language edition features exciting full-color photographs, a photo glossary to help young readers navigate the book, and...

"Amphibians have some of the most interesting life cycles on Earth. The metamorphosis frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians go through has many steps that readers need to understand and remember. This book offers a concise overview of the general amphibian life cycle as well as representative examples of the many species within the animal group. Most importantly, the accessible language is paired with diagrams of the steps of the life cycle to augment readers' understanding of this topic often found in the science curriculum."