Amelia Earhart

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

As a teen who may be worried about certain warning signs a friend is exhibiting, it’s important to know how to recognize and confront an eating disorder. After all, teens are the most impacted group for developing eating disorders. Learn how the pressures of school, dating, and athletics contribute to body image issues and why teens are vulnerable. Explore eating disorders that people commonly have and how they are treated. Readers from grades six through twelve will have a relatable text to help them understand how they can make a difference to someone they care about.

This title will familiarize readers with Labor Day by explaining the "whos, whats, and whys" of it. Complete with a More Facts section and bolded glossary terms. Young readers will gather basic information about Labor Day through easy-to-read text alongside compelling and historical photographs. Translated by native Spanish speakers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. En este poético libro de memorias—ganador del premio Pura Belpré de autor, finalista del premio de YALSA de no ficción y premio de honor Walter Dean Myers—la aclamada autora Margarita Engle recrea su infancia, que transcurrió a caballo entre dos culturas durante la Guerra Fría. Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother’s tropical island...

Este libro analiza, desde una perspectiva histórica y ensayística a la par, los viajes de artistas, estudiosos y arquitectos, desde el siglo XVIII hasta el presente, llevados a cabo con el fin de redescubrir los paisajes de la arquitectura clásica, normalmente en estado de ruina, para medirlos, dibujarlos y aportar los resultados a las culturas de origen de los propios viajeros, y de esa manera enriquecerla mediante el conocimiento directo de los hechos.Constituye un alegato contra el sedentarismo en la cultura artística y arquitectónica. Asimismo se describen y analizan los viajes de...