Un montón de hojas (The Leaf Pile)

Simple text and photographs describe the life of Michelle Obama. Michelle Obama became First Lady on January 20, 2009. But before she lived at the White House, she was a powerful lawyer. Learn about her childhood, education, and goals as first lady of the United States.

Follows the life and career of the French scientist who proved the existence of germs and their connection with diseases.

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.

(back cover) Hablemos de esto! A menudo, los ni os demasiado tmidos tienen preocupaciones y se sienten incomprendidos. ERES T?MIDO? ayuda a ni os y ni as a comprender que la timidez puede vencerse de muchas maneras. Ning n ni o debiera avergonzarse por ser tartamudo o por enrojecer cuando se le hace una pregunta. Todo lo que necesitan es aprender a enfrentar la situaci n adecuadamente. ERES T?MIDO? explica a los ni os que su timidez ir y(c)ndose poco a poco siempre que sigan tratando de expresarse ante los dem s."