¿Qué es la igualdad? (What Is Equality?)

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.

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.

Rabbi Leib gives life to a giant clay statue, hoping that it will protect the Jewish community of sixteenth-century Prague. Yet when he disregards God's will, the Rabbi loses control over the golem and must send him back where he belongs. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

A New York Times best-seller and winner of the ABBY Award features lavish illustrations of Native American settings and shares Chief Seattle's environmental message for "helping preserve what is being lost."

En el futuro, o el presente de esta historia, las y los presidentes del mundo han eliminado las redes sociales porque lxs nevegantis enloquecieron con estas. Sin embargo, Amelia, en su cumpleaños número trece y luego de perder la voz, descubre la forma para que LilaLady, la inteligencia artificial niña más supermaravillosa de todo El Acuario, la ayude a crear Shhhat, "la red social secreta para niñas buena onda, solitarias, aburridas o divertidas, o con momentos de pesimismo". En Shhhat, Amelia conocerá a varias niñas que tienen dudas como ella, que resolverán con la ayuda de...

Novela. "Tan sencillo como era. Pues me bastó con cerrar los ojos y escuchar, me bastó con enmudecer la voz y dejar de pensar. Sentarme a oír los más íntimos detalles, me bastó con intentarlo, y hacerlo sin prisa. Entonces ocurrió sin más. Llegaron aquellos silencios infinitos, sus ruidos más bellos. La materia invisible que sin gritos lo conectaba todo. Un abrazo invisible y apasionado que brotaba sin llagas ni lamentos. Así pues... que como un principio para mí, todo empezó a ser. Todo y junto a ella."