Vicente Requeno (1743-1811)

Introduce students to different parts of the United States with this nonfiction Spanish-translated book. Through various maps, including physical, political, and thematic, readers will learn the geography of the U.S., and be inspired to create a map of their own! Simple informational text features help students navigate the text, while primary source documents and images help build literacy skills and social studies content knowledge.

La historia del arte es uno de los libros dedicados al arte más famosos y populares nunca escritos y ha sido un best-seller durante medio siglo. Durante cinco décadas no ha tenido ningún rival como introducción al arte en su totalidad, abarcando desde las pinturas rupestres primitivas hasta el arte experimental contemporáneo. Atraídos por la claridad y simplicidad de su narrativa, lectores de todas las edades y condiciones han encontrado en el profesor Gombrich al auténtico maestro, que combina el conocimiento y sabiduría con un don único para comunicar su profundo amor por el arte....

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.

*Indie Next List Pick* *Junior Library Guild Selection* “An appealing tribute and successful remedy to the lack of titles about the groundbreaking librarian…a must-have for all libraries.” –School Library Journal (starred review) The Spanish language edition of Planting Stories—an inspiring picture book biography of storyteller, puppeteer, and New York City’s first Puerto Rican librarian, who championed bilingual literature. When she came to America in 1921, Pura Belpré carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public...