Aires de juego

Go for the goal with this text, which examines fascinating female sports heroes who’ve proved to the world that gender is no barrier to athletic success. Readers will delight in learning about the lives of Mia Hamm, Wilma Rudolph, and the Williams sisters, as well as other important women who’ve broken barriers in sports. Readers will be inspired to pursue a career in athletics after learning about how others have achieved success in spite of great obstacles. The biographical nature of the text supports social studies curricula, and fact boxes and a comprehensive timeline provide...

¿Sabías que los antiguos griegos inventaron la democracia, la filosofía, el teatro y los Juegos Olímpicos? ¿Y que fueron precursores en los campos de la ciencia, la medicina, la economía y el urbanismo? ¿Sabías cómo descubrió Arquímedes su famoso principio? Explorar la historia de la Grecia Clásica es descubrir una civilización con una riqueza cultural que no ha dejado de inspirar al mundo occidental. De Zeus a Atenea, de Aquiles a Ulises, los dioses y los héroes griegos están presentes en numerosas manifestaciones artísticas y literarias. Las batallas, los desafíos y las...

This Rookie Espanol: Geografia book introduces young readers to the idea of using maps. The book begins with a look at road maps, city maps, and world maps. Young readers learn that numbered lines represent roads and colored shapes represent land and water. The focus is then on a map of the United States, followed by a look at how some maps show elevation, others feature rainfall, and still others include drawings that tell about the people, animals, and resources of a particular place.

Surveys the life of Swiss/German immigrant John Sutter, on whose land gold was discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, spurring the California gold rush and westward expansion.