Jackie Robinson

Winner of: International Latino Book Awards 2014, Primer Premio en la categoría Best Young Adult Non-Fiction Book Focusing on key figures from the worlds of art, literature, music, politics, and science, this collection introduces young readers to luminaries who, despite the difficulties and failures of their childhoods, went on to accomplish great things. Readers will discover what individuals such as Jane Austen, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Mohandas Gandhi, John Lennon, Pablo Picasso, and even the author himself were like as children and young adults, and draw inspiration from their...

When they were teenagers, George and Natalia fell madly in love, but his being American and her being Spanish forced them to separate. Ten years later, they meet again and those feelings resurface with overwhelming force. Nat, aware of her difficult personal situation, refuses to give love a chance, but George is not ready to lose the woman he has always loved.

Computer science is all around us, at school, at home, and in the community. This book gives readers the essential tools they need to understand the computer science concept of data analysis. Brilliant color photographs and accessible text will engage readers and allow them to connect deeply with the concept. The computer science topic is paired with an age-appropriate curricular topic to deepen readers' learning experience and show how data analysis works in the real world. In this book, readers look at data about the population of Chicago in order to learn more about the city. This...

El autor y el ilustrador de Los Futbolísimos presentan un nuevo libro de la serie Los Forasteros del Tiempo. Ya sé que suena un poco raro, pero de un tiempo a esta parte no hago más que viajar en el tiempo a través de un agujero negro. Bueno, yo solo no, me acompañan mis hermanos, mi padre y unas vecinas. Esta vez hemos aparecido en el imperio romano, que es una época muy interesante y emocionante, y además hemos conocido a un montón de amigos nuevos; yo, incluso, me he convertido en gladiador y he luchado contra un león. Aunque en realidad lo que de verdad deseo es volver a casa con ...