Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this YA anthology that explores the Mexican American experience. With works by Francisco X. Stork, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, David Bowles, Ruben Degollado, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Diana Lopez, Xavier Garza, Trinidad Gonzales, Alex Temblador, Aida Salazar, Guadalupe Ruiz-Flores, Sylvia Sanchez Garza, Dominic Carrillo, Angela Cervantes, Carolyn...

A portrait of some of the world's most incredible trees, seen through the eyes of a landscaper who loves them-and his granddaughter who is beginning to understand why. As he works with his young granddaughter to nurture a potted sapling, a Latino landscaper shares his love and admiration of trees. From the extraordinary rainbow gum tree to the mighty, towering redwood, each of the thirteen specimens he tells of is a miracle of the natural world-and...

Are you ready to go on an amazing adventure in the animal world? Dive into the wonders of nature with the incredible Britannica Encyclopedia, the most recognized and rigorous encyclopedia in the world. Did you know that the first signs of life date back to more than 3.7 billion years ago? Or that more than 99.9% of the species that once lived are now extinct? And that the Greenland shark can live for over 500 years? You will meet the most impressive...

Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anything other than celebrate her quinceanera! Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse...

Science has never been so easy--or so much fun! With The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book, all you need to do is gather a few household items and you can recreate dozens of mind-blowing, kid-tested science experiments. High school science teacher Tom Robinson shows you how to expand your scientific horizons--from biology to chemistry to physics to outer space. You'll discover answers to questions like:Is it possible to blow up a balloon without...

Share the magic of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site with your little Spanish speaker! One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and say buenas noches--so that tomorrow they'll be ready for another day of construction play! Vibrant illustrations and gentle rhyming text make this Spanish-edition book a bedtime favorite for truck-crazy kids everywhere. Share the magic of Goodnight, Goodnight,...

Go to a farm to meet all the animals and sing new songs, then off to the city for shopping and eating in a restaurant. End with a trip to Monkey Island.

This haunting thriller, pushes the limits of love, passion and betrayal to the extreme. The relationship between a handsome conductor and his jealous girlfriend takes a wicked turn when she tests his fidelity by hiding inside a secret room in their house, but the results are more terrifying than she could have imagined.

"A meia lua whooshed in the air. The strike was evaded and followed with an aú. Two young men were playing capoeira in the middle of the roda. Bimba wanted to play, too. Although it is debated when and where capoeira-an art form that blends martial arts, dance, acrobatics, music, and spirituality-originated exactly, one thing is certain: in the early 20th century, Brazil was the only country in the world where capoeira was played, and it was mainly...

This fun and fabulous book will teach your child to count all the way to 99! Kids can immerse themselves in colorful pages full of marvelous things. They'll learn to scope out every last detail in order to get to that triple digit number . . . 100! You'll pick up this book at least 99 times!