La gastronomía texana (Gastronomy of Texas)

Throughout history, women were kept in the home and out of the workplace. Over time, however, women began breaking out of their traditional roles and entering spaces traditionally occupied by men—including the boardroom. This biographical text looks at the lives of the fascinating females who broke barriers in business. Coco Chanel, Estee Lauder, Oprah Winfrey, Melinda Gates, and Sheryl Sandberg are just some of the groundbreakers covered in this text. Age-appropriate text, colorful visuals, fact boxes, and a comprehensive timeline complete the learning experience.

This truly is a strange book. For starters, it talks to the reader. What's more, there are no colors until someone gives it color. Who is going to do this? The reader of course. What better way to do this besides with your fingers and hands? Full of tracing and marks, this story is far from a coloring book.

November 1940. A circus parade walks through the streets of Warsaw, waving a flag and singing. They are 160 Jewish children, forced by the Nazis to leave their beloved orphanage. It's a sad occasion, but led by Doctor Korczak, their inspirational director, the children are defiantly joyful. Their new home is in the ghetto, a prison for Jews. Two years later they board the train that will carry them away to the death camps. Offered his freedom, Doctor Korczak refuses to abandon the children and proudly joins them on their last journey. This profoundly moving illustrated book is based on the...

¿Sabías que las ballenas azules son los animales más grandes de nuestro planeta? ¿O que las nutrias marinas se asean las patas después de cada comida? El mundo está lleno de millones de especies animales, y cada una de ellas es única y especial. Muchas están llamadas a desaparecer. En este libro, Chelsea Clinton les presenta a los pequeños lectores algunos de los animales en peligro de extinción, explicándoles por qué son únicos y especiales y qué clase de peligros corren. No dejes que desaparezcan conduce al lector a lo largo de un día en la vida de rinocerontes, tigres,...