Cynthia Ann Parker

Politicians today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from. Not from an orgy of government spending, but as the direct result of bailing out, recapitalizing, and adding liquidity to the broken banking system. Through these actions private...

Cesar the piglet and his siblings enter a contest and hope to win a very special prize. Contains facts about pigs.

La anciana tía Patente desea plantar un peral en su jardín. Pero cuando cava el hoyo, la pala choca contra un jarrón bastante rústico. Lo que ignora la buena señora es que el extraño dueño del jarrón desea recuperarlo. ¿Quién iba a decir que la tranquila vida de tía Patente se iba a complicar de esta manera? Una desternillante historia en la que se muestra que nunca es tarde para vivir emociones de nuevo.

Each player has his or her own job in soccer and baseball. They each do their part to contribute to the team. Teamwork is also important outside of sports. We use teamwork in our classroom, in our community, and at home with our family. Readers are presented with different scenarios in which young people use teamwork to achieve a certain goal, like when Nicole's neighbor becomes ill, everyone in the neighborhood takes on a job with the goal of helping the sick neighbor. Each spread contains a color photograph that imparts the importance and rewards of working as a team.