Category: Geography Cultures

By Leslie Valdes

Meet Diego, Dora's cool cousin! Diego can check with animals, and he rescues them while they are at risk. but if child Jaguar cries for aid, can Diego get to him earlier than he plunges into the waterfall? discover during this intriguing adventure!

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By Elizabeth Carney

Why have been mummies mummified? those mysterious corpses offer a desirable window at the previous of cultures world wide. Mummies has lots of ghoulish intrigue to maintain younger readers analyzing. This impossible to resist identify offers the cast technology in the back of the myths and promises a profitable and lucrative analyzing event for children at point 2. Mummiesis a compelling mix of enjoyable, evidence, jokes and attractive photography.

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By Allison Amend

Hispanic-American Writers discusses the Hispanic-American authors and their vital works that experience made lasting contributions to literature, together with Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, Junot Diaz, Esmeralda Santiago, Oscar Hijuelos, Christina Garcia, and Ernesto Quinonez.

By Erinn Banting

The Nile River in Africa has provided helpful water to human civilizations for millions of years, and has allowed existence to exist alongside its banks. The Nile River cuts during the most important desolate tract on this planet, the Sahara. become aware of extra approximately this River of lifestyles in Nile River, a Wonders of the area publication.

By Barbara Taylor

With greater than 20 million copies offered in forty-one languages and greater than 88 international locations world wide, DK Eyewitness has been the main relied on sequence in reference publishing for extra then 3 a long time. Visually enticing, informative, and energetic, the greater than a hundred titles within the Eyewitness sequence specialize in topics that supplement scholars' own pursuits and components of research to make studying basic and enjoyable.

• The such a lot relied on nonfiction sequence for lecturers, librarians, and parents
• Perfect for homework help
• Combination of images and textual content make the sequence ideal for reluctant readers and ESL students

By Ilyasah Shabazz

Malcolm X became one among America’s so much influential figures. yet first, he used to be a boy named Malcolm Little. Written via his daughter, this inspiring photograph e-book biography celebrates a imaginative and prescient of freedom and justice.

Bolstered through the affection and knowledge of his huge, hot relatives, younger Malcolm Little used to be a usual born chief. but if faced with intolerance and a sequence of tragedies, Malcolm’s optimism and religion have been threatened. He needed to methods to be robust and the way to carry directly to his individuality. He needed to study self-reliance.

Together with acclaimed illustrator AG Ford, Ilyasah Shabazz provides us a distinct glimpse into the youth of her father, Malcolm X, with a lyrical tale that contains a message that resonates nonetheless today—that we needs to all try to stay to our optimum strength.

By Heather Toner

The e-book invitations preschool teenagers to move on a trip. The pages offer a journey of the realm exploring Africa, Europe, South the USA, Asia, and the center East. by way of turning the pages, kids examine extra approximately nations from all around the globe--countries that every have a narrative and a spot at the map. The interesting proof and painted by hand maps and landmarks from every one state make studying concerning the global fascinating for kids who're simply starting to know about the realm.

The Earth doesn't belong to us. We belong to the Earth. the nice American Indian leader Seattle spoke those phrases over 100 years in the past. His remarkably suitable message of admire for the Earth and each creature on it has continued the try out of time and is imbued with ardour born of affection of the land and the surroundings. Illustrated via award-winning artist Susan Jeffers, the stirring pen-and-color drawings convey a big selection of local american citizens to existence whereas shooting the beauty of nature and the land. young children and oldsters alike will benefit from the undying, poignant message offered during this fantastically illustrated photo book.

"Together, Seattle's phrases and Jeffers's photographs create a robust message; this considerate ebook merits to be meditated and adored by means of all." (Publishers Weekly )

Illustrated by way of Susan Jeffers.