Cómo actuar de manera informada (How to Take Informed Action)

What is the common good and how does it benefit society? This book looks at the history behind the notion of the common good, touching on ideas from several famous philosophers. Readers will then learn how the common good can be promoted through education and community. Full-color photographs and accessible language help students connect with the text and develop reading comprehension skills. Important elementary subjects from the C3 Framework for Social Studies are discussed in detail throughout this informative book.

Equality is a contentious issue in our society today. This is why it's important for students to be given information related to equality so they can come to reasonable conclusions of their own. Using age-appropriate language, this book discusses equality in a number of different forms and touches upon why equality is so important in a democracy. The text also explores how extreme equality, like most extremes, could be a bad and unrealistic idea. Readers will gain enough information to understand and think about this complex idea for themselves.

In order for any democracy to function well, understanding how and when to compromise is a necessity. This book introduces students to how compromise makes governing possible. Using examples of how compromise works in their own lives, students will gain a better understanding of how compromise work on a larger level. Conversely, readers will also learn that compromise may be the wrong course of action in some situations and that some issues are of such critical importance or high moral worth that standing firm is appropriate.

Describes the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 and the foundations of the colony at Plymouth. In graphic novel format.

[English] What is the difference between a savanna and a prairie? How do bison, zebras, and other grazers avoid hungry grassland predators? Trek across the plant-covered landscape of this book, and find out what makes grasslands one of Earth's treasures. [Spanish] ¿Qué diferencia hay entre una sabana y una pradera? ¿Cómo escapan los bisontes y las cebras de los depredadores? Camina entre los altos pastos de este libro. Descubrirás por qué los pastizales son uno de los grandes tesoros de la Tierra.

This book introduces the reader to the nighttime world of the raccoon, including its habitat, activities, diet, and the unique things that it does.

Este libro reúne tres cuentos que transcurren en un viejo edificio de la Ciudad de México, protagonizados por los niños del tercer patio, acompañados de dos heroínas: Pau y Zitelina. En "El Pato cabalga", las diabluras de los chiquillos en la azotea terminan con la elevación al cielo de El Pato, el más travieso de todos. En "El secreto de la señora", Pau descubre el misterio que guarda celosamente la señora elegante, la dueña del edificio. Mientras que en "El esqueleto de Judy", los miembros del Club de Tinaco conspiran para rescatar el esqueleto de una elefanta llamada Judy (que se ...