Valores sociales

Examines the nature of human rights, including the gradual development of the idea that all people, regardless of gender, color, or wealth, are citizens with rights, not just subjects with duties, and discusses the growth of social rights and the case against torture.

Winner of: International Latino Book Awards 2014, Primer Premio en la categoría Best Young Adult Non-Fiction Book Focusing on key figures from the worlds of art, literature, music, politics, and science, this collection introduces young readers to luminaries who, despite the difficulties and failures of their childhoods, went on to accomplish great things. Readers will discover what individuals such as Jane Austen, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Mohandas Gandhi, John Lennon, Pablo Picasso, and even the author himself were like as children and young adults, and draw inspiration from their...

Desciende a simas desconocidas y al fondo de los océanos, escala hasta las cimas de las montañas o adéntrate en las selvas tropicales, atraviesa desiertos abrasadores, continentes helados, acude al nacimiento de la aventura humana, da la vuelta al mundo en avión solar... ¡Aquí están algunas de las misiones llevadas a cabo por apasionados exploradores y descubridores! Después de casi 100 años, y hoy más que nunca, la Sociedad de los Exploradores Franceses recopila las hazañas de estos hombres y mujeres que sobrepasaron los límites para conocer mejor el mundo y sus diversos pueblos...

The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is an intriguing area of our solar system. Scientists have counted over 670,000 known asteroids there, but there could be millions more not yet found. Readers will discover much more about the asteroid belt in this highinterest book, which blends science and math. They'll read about several topics, such as space missions to the asteroid belt and the difference between an asteroid and a planet, and solve associated math problems-just like actual space scientists do!

A detailed, full-color Spanish-language atlas teaches children about different regions of the world and includes games, activities, and fun characters to make learning geography stimulating. Original.