Chicos Y Altos/Short and Tall

A biography telling the life story of Revolutionary War hero and spy Nathan Hale. Written in graphic-novel format.

Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russias dying aristocracya man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends, and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid...

In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the graffiti street art movement pioneer. Jean-Michel was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father was from Haiti and his mother was Puerto Rican–American. As a child, his gift for art was noticed by his teachers and nurtured by his mother. After struggling in high school, he gained recognition as part of the graffito duo SAMO that spray-painted cryptic messages and images around the landscape of Manhattan's Lower East Side. He eventually made his way to the New York gallery ...

ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura de El corazón de las tinieblas de Joseph Conrad, una novela en la que se explora el tema del colonialismo a través de la historia de un viejo marinero que recuerda los viajes que realizó a África. Este relato legendario sobre la oscuridad del alma humana, la barbarie de la civilización y la brutalidad de nuestra mente no dejará indiferente al lector. ¡Ya no tienes que leer y resumir todo el libro, nosotros lo hemos hecho por ti! Esta guía incluye: • Un resumen completo del libro • Un estudio de los personajes • Las...

This Spanish-language series presents the complete range of math concepts and skills students are expected to master during the first grade. The series moves sequentially, from easiest to hardest concepts, with each book covering a different math topic. The first volume reviews the math concepts students learned in kindergarten. The next six books cover counting, adding and subtracting, tables and graphs, money, patterns, and measuring. The eighth volume is a summary of the math concepts students have studied throughout the year. Each book presents situations that show the relevance of math...