Wilma Rudolph

Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in fighting for Civil Rights for all people. In this Spanish-translated biography, readers will learn about his inspirational life as he fought for equality of African Americans through nonviolence. The rich photos, supportive text, helpful glossary, timeline, table of contents, and index give readers important information for understanding King's fight against Jim Crow Laws.

The Pledge of Allegiance: Poem of Patriotism is a story of some students who are struggling with the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance. Even though they say it everyday, they are not quite sure what they are saying. With the help of their teachers and parents, the children soon learn what the pledge means and what it symbolizes about freedom in America. 20pp.

Young readers will learn the ways that César Chávez fought to protect the rights and lives of migrant workers in this inspiring Spanish-translated biography that gives history behind protests and developments of unions that Chávez led. Vivid images and an interesting timeline of Chávez's life work in conjunction with supportive text and a helpful glossary, table of contents, and index to engage readers from cover to cover.

Introduces different kinds of light, the properties of light, and how light can create shadows of different shapes and sizes.

Describes how the rig was built, how it stands out in the water, and how much drilling it does in a day.

¿Cómo es tener a una profetisa como abuela? Ella Robinson lo sabe. Su abuela era Elena de White. En este libro, Ella cuenta cómo era Elena de White como abuela y como persona. Aunque Dios le dio grandes responsabilidades a la Sra. White, aun así encontraba tiempo para ser la clase de abuela con la que cualquier niña soñaría. Sabía que una niñita cansada disfrutaría de una manzana, una pastilla de menta o de ser ayudada a recortar una ilustración de una revista. Robinson también relata experiencias interesantes de la vida de la Sra. White. Cuenta cómo Dios escogió a Elena de...

Para Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) una novela consistía en la narración de un «acontecimiento inaudito», según la definición de Goethe. Sus personajes son héroes hamletianos sometidos a los imponderables del destino, enfrentados a situaciones límite que les plantean retos existenciales que surgen del caos. El presente volumen reúne toda la obra narrativa de Kleist: dos novelas cortas: Michael Kohlhaas y