Sólo para Chicas

Presents profiles of fourteen Latino baseball players who, from 1900 through the 1960s, were pioneers of the sport in their home countries and the United States.

Incluyendo los muertos y los que van a nacer, los que juegan billar y pierden su equipaje, los que cierran la tienda y los insomnes, los que no tienen madre y los amantes, los que adoran el mar, la oscuridad, la luna y confunden los gatos con las liebres, los que no están en esta clasificación y los que entran. Conocí a Ismael Vargas en un viaje al centro de la tierra en la nave de JV. Se desempeñaba como capitán con el ojo izquierdo y pintaba con el derecho. Sin embargo, cuando operaba el piloto automático creaba con todos los ojos en que era capaz de pensar. Quizá por eso su obra es...

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...

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Find out what surfers need to know to have fun and stay safe in the water in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title! Invite readers to learn about the history of surfing, surfing culture, what equipment is needed, and more using vibrant images and informational text in conjunction with math skills and upper-level features such as chapter format, a glossary of terms, and an index.