La frontera dormida

Maria Zef no llega a los 15 años, pero ya está acostumbrada a la dureza de la vida en el campo, un mundo de hombres frente al que chocará su espíritu soñador y libre. Tres mujeres en un camino de la Italia rural: una madre exhausta y enferma y sus dos hijas, niñas todavía. Maria Zef, la hija mayor, tira, como si fuera una bestia, de un carromato cargado de cacharros en venta al tiempo que vigila constantemente para que su madre siga en pie. Como cada año, han bajado de las montañas en las que viven antes de que la nieve las inmovilice allí durante meses de frío y pobreza. El viaje...

A family is a type of community, in fact, it's our first community experience. Like other types of communities, families have rules in order to function smoothly. A defined set of rules is good for all family members, regardless of their age. This book helps children understand why it's important for their family to have rules. Close picture-to-text correlation encourages readers to make connections with the text. Civics concepts from the C3 Framework for Social Studies are introduced at a level appropriate for early elementary students.

Meet Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician and daughter of poet Lord Byron. Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the colorful life of Lord Byron’s daughter, from her early love of logic, to her plans for the world's first computer program. As a child, Ada had a big imagination and a talent for mathematics. She grew up in a noble household in England, where she dedicated herself to studying. Her work with the famous inventor, Charles Babbage, on a very early kind of computer made her the world's first computer...

This complete Spanish translation of the highly acclaimed Isaac Asimov's 21st Century Library of the Universe is ideal for students still developing their English-language skills.