El primer Día de Acción de Gracias

The first Thanksgiving was a celebration. The pilgrims were thankful for the harvest they planted. Find out what the pilgrims ate for the first Thanksgiving. Paired to the fiction title A Year of Fun.

Many things can be found in the woods. Some you need to watch out for. Find out about what can be found in the woods. Paired to the fiction title Billy’s Camping Trip.

Animals sing or talk to communicate. They make noise for different reasons. Find out why some animals make certain noises. Paired to the fiction title So Many Classes.

Los haikus son una de las formas poéticas más conocidas y más apreciadas en el mundo. Son tan sencillos que se pueden enseñar a los niños, aunque asimismo pueden ser fruto de una vida de estudio y de dedicación. En su exploración evocadora de la vida y de la naturaleza pueden manifestar también un delicioso sentido del humor y de lo lúdico. Estas poesías no solo son expresiones de la delicada sensibilidad japonesa, sino de las intemporales reacciones humanas ante el mundo que nos rodea.

Did you know that liquids take the shape of their containers? If liquids get hot, they can become gases. Discover more interesting facts in Liquids, part of the States of Matter series of EYEDISCOVER books.

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.

As they say, necessity is the mother of invention, and this book introduces readers to 14 women who invented very useful, helpful items. They include Chicago native Margaret Wilcox who invented the car heater, Indiana native Marion O'Brien Donovan who invented disposable diapers, Pennsylvania native Stephanie Kwolek who invented Kevlar, and Austria-born actress Hedy Lamar whose secret communications systems led to the creation of WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS.