El poder de las chicas

Offers encouragement and practical advice for meeting challenges head on, with words of inspiration and fun, reminding girls to be who they are.

Each year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day serves as a reminder of the life and work of one of America's greatest civil rights activists. In this informative book, readers will learn about the importance of the civil rights movement and why we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Full-color photographs accompany the text. This essential book features accessible language that is ideal for children in the early stages of learning to read.

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...

En esta obra, el autor ha puesto gran empeño en aportar datos inéditos sobre la vida de Arthur Nicolaier, y ha tratado de rescatar, para los profesionales de la salud y para el público en general, la figura, casi desconocida, de este médico alemán, que, a los 22 años, pasó a la historia de la medicina por descubrir el agente productor del tétanos.

¿Cómo sobrevivirías en un lugar donde solo hay pobreza y arena, si tu hermano se ha marchado en una patera y tu padre ha muerto de tristeza, cuando tu madre se ha visto obligada a casarse con un hombre que os maltrata a los dos? Me llamo Áhmen y esta es mi historia.