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.

This nonfiction book explores the history, culture, customs, and beliefs of California's American Indian tribes including the Chumash, Tongva, Hupa, Yokuts, Quechan, and Coso tribes. Detailed primary source images in conjunction with Spanish text provide 3rd grade students with an inviting reading and learning experience as they build their social studies knowledge. This book includes basic informational text features including a glossary, an index, table of contents, and reader's guide. Students will be intrigued by Native American history with this fascinating nonfiction Spanish book.

Algunas de las poesías que Fernández Shaw compendió en su Cancionero infantil ya figuraban en libros anteriores, pero otras fueron escritas especialmente para este volumen dedicado a las niñas y niños españoles en formación. La propuesta abarcaba cantos a la patria castellana y al viaje de Colón, loas a paisajes y sitios históricos, piezas didácticas para inculcar principios católicos y una serie de poemas pensados alrededor de escenarios marinos. Esta obra se alzó con el Premio Fastenrath en su primera entrega. Carlos Fernández Shaw (Cádiz, 1865 - El Pardo, 1911) fue un...

Un libro dirigido, sobre todo, a los niños y los jóvenes. Una aproximación accesible a la vida y la obra de uno de los grandes artistas de todos los tiempos. Un pintor que intentó atrapar la luz y hacer palpable lo efímero de la existencia humana. Considerado uno de los fundadores de la escuela impresionista, Claude Monet sigue fascinando a los amantes de la pintura de todo el mundo gracias a la imperecedera luminosidad de sus cuadros y a la delicada filosofía que se desprende de ellos. Sus paisajes y jardines, los ríos y embarcaderos, así como sus figuras femeninas, transmiten una...

Poderosas y demoledoras memorias que reflejan la infancia de la autora en un mundo hecho añicos por la guerra: la huida de su casa y la separación de su familia cuando estalla la Guerra de los Seis Días; la dura vida de los refugiados palestinos; la inesperada alegría al conocer el alfabeto árabe... La lengua será su refugio