El Ano Nuevo Chino / (Chinese New Year)

Cuarto y último de la nueva edición íntegra, en cuatro volúmenes, de este gran clásico de la historiografía concebido según los cánones del espíritu de la Ilustración. Publicada por vez primera entre 1776 y 1787, esta historia de la decadencia y ruina del Imperio Romano obtuvo el inmediato reconocimiento académico y el favor de los lectores, motivando su continua reedición.

A picture-book biography of St. Pedro Claver (d. 1654), a Spanish Jesuit missionary to the New World, who is the patron saint of slaves.

A 2014 report by the US Department of Education found that 22 percent of students ages twelve to eighteen had experienced bullying. This cogent narrative provides readers with supportive methods to help a friend who is being bullied and to promote a bully-free learning environment at school. Physical, social, psychological, and verbal bullying are examined, as well as cyberbulling. Readers discover the consequences of bullying both as a target and as a bystander. They also consider ways to intervene in a bullying situation, how to seek adult help, and how to be empowered and recover from...

This inspiring biographical series ties in with elementary history, science, and social studies curricula, providing teachers with a valuable interdisciplinary resource. With these books, young readers will discover historical figures who devoted their lives to making the world a better place, and changed the course of history. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.