Mujeres en las fuerzas armadas (Women in the Military)

Cynthia Ann Parkers family moved to Central Texas when she was about nine years old. A year later, a large force of Comanche warriors attacked Fort Parker and seized Cynthia Ann and four other captives. The other four were eventually released, but she lived among the Indians for 25 years, immersed in the Comanche way of life. Though given a number of opportunities to go back to her white family, she always chose her life with the Comanche, choosing instead to stay with her husband and children. She eventually returned to white society as an adult.

Labelled illustrations supply the English and Spanish words for the parts of the body. On board pages.

Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?" Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would become a famous scientist in his own right. Although he was diagnosed with a neurological disease at age 21, Stephen did not let the illness define his life. Known for his groundbreaking work in physics, and identified by his wheelchair and computerized voice system, Stephen continued...

Este libro, con descriptivas ilustraciones, incluye información básica sobre el tema de los sentidos humanos y establece interesantes comparaciones con los de los animales Con el fin de captar las sensaciones del mundo que lo rodea, el ser humano utiliza los sentidos; ojos, nariz, oídos, lengua y piel son los órganos que reciben los estímulos y los envían al cerebro, que identifica a qué corresponde cada percepción. De este modo, desde el nacimiento, en la memoria se va acumulando información sobre la forma en que se asocian las sensaciones y su significado: el aroma del pastel con...