Jackie Robinson 6-Pack

This Spanish-translated biography introduces readers to Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Featuring lively images and inspirational text in conjunction with a helpful glossary, index, and timeline of Robinson's life, this title will engage readers as they read about Jackie's life as a college athlete, his start in the Negro League, his stand against segregation, and how he became the first person to ever get named Rookie of the Year.

The Pledge of Allegiance: Poem of Patriotism is a story of some students who are struggling with the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance. Even though they say it everyday, they are not quite sure what they are saying. With the help of their teachers and parents, the children soon learn what the pledge means and what it symbolizes about freedom in America. 20pp.

In this inspiring Spanish-translated biography, readers will learn about the life of Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three gold medals at one Olympics. Readers will feel engaged and inspired as they read about Rudolph's incredible journey from a young girl with polio, to her first encounter with track and field, to becoming one of the best Olympic athletes of her time! A timeline of Rudolph's life, a glossary, and index are provided for further understanding of the content and improvement in vocabulary.

The underlying theme of Three Centuries of Greek Culture under the Roman Empire is the idea that, under Roman rule, Greek culture was still alive and dynamic and continued to exert a degree of cultural domination, either real or apparent. So, we hope to analyse the meanings of concepts such as “Greek” or “Greece” in the Empire. Are we right to assume that there was a clear opposition between Greek and Roman? Or would it be more accurate to speak of a “Graeco-Roman world”? It would certainly be possible to make a list of “elements of identity”, on both sides —Greek and...

Una detallada e ilustrativa explicación de por qué nosotros y todo lo que nos rodea está hecho del mismo Material de las estrellas. Este libro ilustrado es una adaptación para niños y niñas del afamado título Hijos de las estrellas, de María Teresa Ruiz. En él, los lectores conocerán cómo la autora llegó a convertirse en astrónoma, la importancia de la curiosidad para poder dar respuesta a los grandes misterios del universo, y cómo nosotros, los seres humanos, estamos íntimamente relacionados con la vida y la muerte de una estrella. Las ilustraciones están a cargo de Valentina ...

El libro Mujeres pioneras de la Iglesia de Dios en Cristo (Church of God in Christ, COGIC): Retrato de la Madre Lizzie Woods Robinson narra la historia de la primera Supervisora de Mujeres de la denominación y su impacto transformador en la historia de la raza negra y entre las mujeres afroamericanas de la organización. El libro relata sus esfuerzos por implantar altos niveles de unidad y de uniformidad entre las mujeres de la Iglesia de Dios en Cristo para ayudarlas a conseguir una identidad en una época en la que las mujeres de Estados Unidos carecían de ella.

En este cuento, una niña aprende a vivir con su abuela, que tuvo un derrame cerebral. Vemos cómo el enojo y el rechazo son partes del proceso de aceptación e inclusión que llevan a una convivencia armónica entre personas con distintas capacidades.