George Washington Carver

Take a trip to New Orleans with a young girl and her family as they attend one of the world's biggest parties: Mardi Gras! Learn all about the history of this fascinating festival as you practice subtraction strategies. This fiction math book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, engaging sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning subtraction strategies relevant and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading...

A nueva aventura de la detective más sofisticada de los años veinte que ha conquistado a los lectores de medio mundo. Sin perder ni un ápice de su inimitable estilo, la siempre intrépida y sugerente Phryne Fisher vuela aún más alto en esta segunda entrega. Encantada con su nuevo papel de investigadora privada, Phryne hará lo imposible por desbaratar los planes de unos siniestros secuestradores o por evitar las consecuencias de un tenso enfrentamiento familiar, todo mientras planifica su intensa vida amorosa o invita a cenar a una amiga en el lujoso hotel Windsor, por supuesto. Ya sea...

Introduces the life and times of Underground Railroad and anti-slavery leader Harriet Tubman and explains her place in American history.

Young readers will learn the ways that César Chávez fought to protect the rights and lives of migrant workers in this inspiring Spanish-translated biography that gives history behind protests and developments of unions that Chávez led. Vivid images and an interesting timeline of Chávez's life work in conjunction with supportive text and a helpful glossary, table of contents, and index to engage readers from cover to cover.