Jackie Robinson

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.

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. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

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 United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

Condensada y selectiva, esta historia de la filosofía moral permite al lector situar los textos de ética en una perspectiva histórica, desde la generación homérica hasta los debates anglosajones contemporáneos. De este modo, el libro se ocupa de la mayoría de tipos y escuelas de la ética occidental: de los sofistas, de Sócrates y Platón, a la moderna filosofía moral, pasando por la ética de Aristóteles y la ética griega en general; el cristianismo, Lutero, Maquiavelo, Hobbes y Spinoza; las ideas británicas y francesas del siglo XVIII; Kant, Hegel y Marx; Kierkegaard y...

Un día un conejo hambriento salió a buscar algo que comer. Todo estaba cubierto de nieve, y no encontraba nada. Finalmente vio una manzana roja que colgaba de un árbol. Pero no podía alcanzarla. Y fue a buscar ayuda... Un precioso álbum sobre la cooperació

When a Roman widow, Cartila, shows unusual interest in Flavia's father, Flavia decides to discover Cartila's true motives by performing twelve tasks, just like the Greek hero Hercules.