La muerte espera en Herons Park

Meet six women who did great things. They were leaders in politics, civil rights, healthcare, science, and sports. They helped and inspired others. All of them followed their dreams. Discover the journeys they took. This inspiring Spanish book introduces second grade students to the lives of notable women including Marie Curie, Clara Barton, Wilma Rudolph, Rosa Parks, and more. Engaging images in conjunction with easy-to-read text and basic text features provide readers with an inviting reading and learning experience.

This fascinating narrative gets under the skin of the world’s tallest buildings! How many people are involved in creating a skyscraper? What environmental factors come into play? What does it take for a skyscraper to function? All these questions and more will be answered as we visit the skyscrapers from New York to Malaysia to China. Students will gain a deeper understanding of skyscrapers and how they shape our world.

In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the graffiti street art movement pioneer. Jean-Michel was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father was from Haiti and his mother was Puerto Rican–American. As a child, his gift for art was noticed by his teachers and nurtured by his mother. After struggling in high school, he gained recognition as part of the graffito duo SAMO that spray-painted cryptic messages and images around the landscape of Manhattan's Lower East Side. He eventually made his way to the New York gallery ...

Munif toma un oasis de Arabia y lo convierte en el espejo de sus habitantes. La novela es, en su conjunto, un retrato meticuloso y paciente de la sociedad beduina, y es una metáfora que muestra la revolución social, económica y política que siguió al descubrimiento del petróleo, la destrucción del equilibrio entre el hombre y la naturaleza, del choque entre los países árabes ricos y pobres, así como de la complicidad de Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos para asegurar su influencia en la zona. La naturaleza y el ritmo de vida beduina van retirándose a la par que sus códigos morales,...