César

Born in 1927 in Yuma, Arizona, César Chavez lived the hard-scrabble life of a migrant worker during the Depression. Although his mother wanted him to get an education, César left school after eighth grade to work. He grew to be a charismatic leader and founded the National Farm Workers Association, an organization that fought for basic rights for farm workers. In powerful poems and dramatic stylized illustrations, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand and David Díaz pay tribute to Chavez's legacy helping migrant workers improve their lives by doing things by themselves for themselves.

Once the Industrial Revolution made it to the United States, the workforce changed forever. Not only that, family life, childhood, and the economy changed, too. A complex topic with many facets, the Industrial Revolution is covered in accessible language in this book. Written with social studies curricula in mind, the main content includes age-appropriate detail, such as important dates, people, and vocabulary readers will likely need in the classroom. Developing readers and those in need of review need look no further than this volume to enhance or refresh their knowledge of this key time...

Chilean edition of the exhibition of Alfredo Jaar (b. Chile) in Sweden at the Fine Arts Museum of Lausanne from june to september of 2007. The present edition gathers the translations of the essays into Spanish. Contains an essay by Adriana Valdés.

Simple text and photographs introduce USDA's MyPlate tool and present healthy fruit options for children.

Updated for 2020, the months of the year are taught through engaging text and photos that symbolize each month.