Who Was Stephen Hawking?

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

Simple text paired with engaging full-color photographs of childrens faces will help children recognize the elements of a happy expression.

Conoce a la tripulación del Capitán Sable y pulsa los botones de sonidos mientras disfrutas de cinco historias diferentes.¡ Escucha a los ruidosos loros, encuentra tesoros, pásalo genial en la fiesta pirata, e incluso dispara un cañón durante la gran batalla!

Modeled after the adult version of Oracional bilingüe: A Prayer Book for Spanish-English Communities, this volume for children encourages prayer across national, cultural, and linguistic borders. Oracional bilingüe para niños provides Spanish and English texts of the most loved and commonly used prayers in large, readable type and in an easy-to-follow, facing-page, parallel presentation. The English text appears on the left page, with the Spanish text directly across from it on the right. In addition, illustrations by well-known artist Gertrud Mueller Nelson complement each page and add to ...