The Math Teacher

During the American Civil War, the United States was on the brink of falling apart irrevocably. As states seceded and brother turned against brother, hope for reconciliation was dim. This conflict, an essential topic of the social studies curriculum, is skillfully presented from its origins in the Southern slave-trade economy to bloody battles and, later, Reconstruction. Striking photographs and artwork of integral events and people will resonate with readers, while interesting sidebar information gives them more to reflect on about this terrible war and the lessons it taught us.

Un libro para propiciar el pensamiento y estimular el diálogo sobre los temas fundamentales. Desde muy pequeños aprendemos que las ideas se oponen y comprenden una gracias a la otra: la oscuridad sólo se entiende en oposición a la luz, la alegría a través de la tristeza, el frío por el calor... Luego, nuestro pensamiento se vuelve más sutil y nos permite comprender nociones más abstractas. Pero siempre continúa necesitando a los contrarios para progresar y ayudarnos a comprender la realidad y a nosotros mismos. Este libro propone al joven lector (y también a los mayores) una forma...

“Dino” Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children’s books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these horned dinosaurs face-to-face: Torosaurus had the biggest skull of any animal ever! Pentaceratops had five sharp horns on its head! Styracosaurus was as big as an ice cream truck! Plus, you'll get to know Centrosaurus,...

In June of 1870, Charles Dickens died before finishing his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The ending of that novel would become one of the great literary enigmas of all time. In 2018 the filmmaker Hugo Almagro agrees to write a script about The Mystery of Edwin Drood.