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"Provides clues about an owl's physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats in a guessing game format."--From source other than the Library of Congress

Simple text and color photographs show what life is like on a ranch, covering cattle, corrals, roundups, and other topics.

Clues about the turtle's physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat lead the reader to guess what animal is being described.

This starter volume uses everyday examples such as a baseball and a beach ball to demonstrate the contrast between hard and soft objects.

La nueva XXVI Legislatura contuvo representantes de todas estas tendencias. Fue un Congreso de gran ebullición dialéctica y política. Las opiniones, la crítica, la ofensiva, la defensa se esgrimieron apasionadamente, y esa pasión repercutió en la prensa y en sectores no despreciables del público. Este libro analiza las labores de la Cámara de Diputados durante el gobierno maderista entre septiembre de 1912 y febrero de 1913, con énfasis en la relación entre ese cuerpo legislativo y el Poder Ejecutivo Federal. Se aborda también el funcionamiento de la Diputación, la formación de...

Recounts the life of Cuban violinist Claudio José Domingo Brindis de Salas, a black child who was born free and began his career as a musical prodigy to become a noted concert musician in Paris, while slavery still existed on the island.

This inspiring biographical series ties in with elementary history, science, and social studies curricula, providing teachers with a valuable interdisciplinary resource. With these books, young readers will discover historical figures who devoted their lives to making the world a better place, and changed the course of history. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving--and troubled. She is a child living amidst the squalor of a boisterous home that is filled with noisy relatives and neighbors. Each day she is glued to the TV screen that blots out the painful realities of her existence and also illuminates the possibilities that lie ahead. But--click!--when the TV goes off, Sonia is taken back to real-life--the cramped, colorful world of her neighborhood and an...