Cómo promover el bien común (How to Promote the Common Good)

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 the United States, the ability to take informed action is becoming increasingly necessary, and difficult. This book delves into the importance of being informed and explains how not all sources of information are equal. Readers are introduced to the scientific method as a way of testing information for credibility. Students will also learn how to turn credible information into action by forming groups, protesting, contacting elected representatives, and possibly even running for office themselves someday.

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.

¡Tu primer libro para pensar en grande! Es importante decir siempre la verdad, aunque sea difícil. ¿Sabes que decía Sócrates sobre la verdad? A menudo, los más pequeños son quienes primero formulan las grandes preguntas de la humanidad. La serie Grandes ideas para pequeños filósofos toma prestadas las ideas de importantes pensadores para dar respuestas muy sencillas a preguntas muy complicadas.

What’s the difference between a seal and a sea lion? These “second cousins” of the sea look similar, but there are many ways to tell these creatures apart. From ear shape to the noises they make to communicate, seals and sea lions are amazing creatures with both shared features and many truly unique attributes. They both share an ocean habitat, but when readers take a closer look, it’s easy to discover how they each fight off predators, mate, and raise their young in different ways. Captivating full-color photographs help to bring these marvelous mammals to vivid life.

La Guerra Civil cortó bruscamente la riqueza poética inmediatamente anterior a su estallido, y en los primeros años de la dictadura hubo que reconstruir no sólo un país en ruinas, sino también una poesía gravemente mutilada por las muertes (Unamuno, Lorca, A. Machado, Miguel Hernández…) y el exilio (casi todos los miembros del 27, Juan Ramón, León Felipe…). En ese contexto nace la poesía de posguerra, que si bien en un principio, como dice Emilio Alarcos, era natural que «después de las hostilidades, como reacción ante una realidad hosca, buscase la tranquilidad de ánimo,...

Every year, North Americans fly the American flag on June 14th. This show of patriotism isn't in anticipation of Independence Day; it's a different holiday entirely. Flag Day is a celebration of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag. The book helps beginning readers learn about the American flag, how we take care of it, and how we honor it as a national symbol.