California: Nace un estado (California: Becoming a State)

A team of second grade students has been tasked with designing the layout for Field Day. They'll need to make sense of measurement in order to make sure that everything goes smoothly! Will Field day be a fun day, or will it be a flop? This fiction math book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts. Text features include images, a glossary, an index, captions, and a table of contents to build students' vocabulary and reading comprehension skills as they interact with the text. The rigorous practice problems, sidebars, and math...

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.

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.

Mas de cuarenta anos de amistad complice avalan al critico Tullio Kezich en la tarea de abordar desde la cercania, a veces desde la indiscreta intimidad, la biografia de Fellini. Con rigor, una prosa agil y una documentacion exhaustiva, Kezich desmiente innumerables leyendas que rodean su figura; revela facetas poco conocidas, como su gusto por las ciencias ocultas o sus devaneos con el psicoanalisis; arroja nueva luz sobre su relacion con las mujeres, con especial atencion y tacto a sus cincuenta anos de monogamia a la italiana con la inolvidable Giulietta Masina; repasa las vicisitudes de...

La obra ofrece una selección de poemas dedicados al tema de la muerte escritos por monjes zen y poetas de haiku, relacionando esta poesía con la mentalidad japonesa sobre la dialéctica entre la vida y la muerte.

The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court. Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice Sotomayor didn't have a lot growing up, but she had what she needed -- her mother's love, a will to learn, and her own determination. With bravery she became the person she wanted to be. With hard work she succeeded. With little sunlight and only a modest plot from which to grow,...

A lo largo y ancho de los últimos tres decenios, Luis Manuel García Méndez se ha consagrado como uno de los más persistentes, destacados e inquietantes cultores del cuento en la literatura cubana contemporánea. Autor de nueve libros de relatos —dos de ellos aún inéditos—, ganador de infinidad de premios cubanos e internacionales, representante típico y a la vez singular de la narrativa que se escribe en la isla a partir del decenio de 1980 (cuando éramos tan jóvenes y casi felices, todos teníamos mucho pelo y hasta carnet de identidad), su trabajo en el género lo ha convertido ...