Títulos en Crecer y cosas de la vida

This Highlights Listen & Learn! Audio Study, intended for those in grade four, follows Mike Blunt, a smaller-than-average boy who becomes a batboy for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is constantly teased by the players for being so small. However, one of the players, Roberto Clemente, stands up for him and serves as a role model for how to handle discrimination and prejudice. This audio study presents concepts such as elements of plot and mood, as well as key vocabulary words.

Ronja, unica e amatissima figlia di Lovis e del brigante Mattis, vive felice nella rocca di famiglia e scorrazza libera nella foresta, dove i pericoli sono molti. Ma lei sa di dover stare attenta soprattutto ai nanigrigi, alle strigagne e ai briganti di Borka, il nemico giurato di suo padre. Perciò, quando fa amicizia con Birk, suo coetaneo e figlio di Borka, alla rocca succede un pandemonio. Ronja e Birk non possono essere amici... a meno che non prendano una decisione drastica: mandare tutti affampippolo e scappare di casa.

A Pol le gusta mucho cantar. Cuando canta, siente que vuela. Es como si pudiera extender unas alas imaginarias y recorrer rincones del mundo que nunca ha visto. Como si tocara el cielo con la punta de los dedos.

A menudo se pregunta cómo se llama esta sensación. Cuando cierra los ojos, le recorre por todo el cuerpo un sentimiento inmenso, como si una fuente mágica brotara de su pecho. Está convencido de que, si todas las personas encontraran su fuente, serían más felices. ¿Cómo puede hacer para que a quienes quiere, la encuentren?

Auggie and his magical companions are tending to the Fabled Stables when the building shakes and shudders to make room for a new arrival: the Tattle-Tail. Auggie and friends travel through the portal to a town called Rainbow’s End in search of this mysterious creature. Auggie assumes that the Tattle-Tail is in danger, but he learns that it’s actually the town that needs rescuing...from an infestation of Tattle-Tails!

Nana le enseña a Nino que el mejor regalo de cumpleaños no viene en una caja.

Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard. Her great-great-grandfather was an early English settler and the first deaf islander. Now, over a hundred years later, many people there - including Mary - are deaf, and nearly everyone can communicate in sign language. Mary has never felt isolated. She is proud of her lineage. But recent events have delivered winds of change.

Pi's just like any other kid robot: they love to listen to music, play with their dog, and hang out with their friends. And when their teacher announces a field trip to Olde Silicon Valley, Pi couldn't be more excited! They daydream of all the awesome things they want to see and do there—but also begin to worry about all the things that could go wrong. Then, on the way home, Pi feels a ZAP! They try to avoid the strange feeling, but the Zaps keep happening. Pi doesn't understand. They have a firewall installed! What could be going on?

Explore the life and career of Newbery-award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson.

Ese pais de felicidad y de misterio que es la Tierra de Oz, donde un poderoso mago resuelve todos los problemas, no es sino una satira a muchas creencias, bajo el disfraz de un libro juvenil. Que los ninos tambien puedan gozar el brillante libro es testimonio de su calidad.

When a strange creature appears after the big rains, Australian animals wonder what he could be! His fur, feet, tail, and ducklike bill remind each animal of something different. But with a "down-under" spirit, they all pitch in to help him discover where he belongs. Kersplatypus is the story of one creature's journey to find his place in the world and how he sometimes falls flat on the way there.

Almost 16-year-old Aria Jones is starting over. New postal code, new last name, new rules. Now she can leave her painful regrets behind. In the bustling town of Eastmonte, she can become someone else. Someone better. With the Hartford family living next door, it seems she will succeed. Sure, Cassie Hartford may be the epitome of social awkwardness thanks to her autism, but she also offers an innocent and sincere friendship. And Cassie's older brother, Emmett - a popular Junior-A hockey player - well...Aria wishes that friendship could lead to something more.

In this fourth installment of the Minecraft Gamer's Adventure series, Steve receives a distress call from his friends Max, Lucy, and Henry. They have found an abundance of treasure in a temple, but they can't get out! He immediately sets off for the desert to help his friends. Once Steve gets to them, they will all be rewarded with a supply of emeralds, gold ingots, and many other rare treasures.

The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend at the fire department where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football. So when Lucas' parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to talk to his biggest fan. So the next morning, Lucas takes the train to the city instead of the bus to school. It's a bright, beautiful day in New York. But just as Lucas arrives at his uncle's firehouse, everything changes - and nothing will ever be the same again.

In a national contest, readers voted and decided that the next I Survived topic will be the Great Chicago Fire, 1871! In the next book of the I Survived series, one boy will struggle to stay alive as the great city of Chicago burns.

En los locos años veinte, nació el gran personaje de Elena Fortún: Celia, una niña traviesa, locuaz e inteligente que compartió sus aventuras, desventuras e increíbles fantasías con un público al que intentaba desencorsetar de una sociedad y una educación con una fuerte presencia religiosa y marcadamente femenina.

Ramón es un niño al que le encanta leer y jugar con sus amigos. Tiene una gran imaginación. Margarita, su madre, siempre se queja de su hijo. Dice que la va a matar a disgustos. A Cipri, un amigo de Ramón, se le ocurre un plan para que Margarita deje de protestar. Le dice a Ramón que haga absolutamente todo lo que le diga su madre. Así que cuando le dice que no quiere volverle a oír, el niño se hace el mudo. Más adelante, le dice que no quiere verle leyendo y el niño se hace el ciego. Luego, le dice que no quiere que escuche música y Ramón se hace pasar por sordo.

After spending the summer at home in Connecticut, Emmy is eager to return to her friends at Wellsworth. Before she leaves, she receives a key to a safety-deposit box and a letter from her father, telling her to hide the surviving relics and to trust no one. When she returns to school, she realizes her best friend, Lola, is being framed by the Order for a crime she didn't commit. Jonas informs Emmy if she gives up her father, he'll set things right. It all comes to a head at an exhibit on Medieval manuscripts at the British Library. Will Emmy be able to stop them once and for all?

Un día, la Tierra se olvidó de girar. En medio planeta siempre era de día; en el otro, siempre de noche. Nadie daba con una solución. ¿Y si todos los habitantes del planeta se uniesen y caminasen juntos?

In the future, robots have eliminated humans, and 12-year-old robot XR_935 is just fine with that. Without humans around, there is no war, no pollution, no crime. Every member of society has a purpose. Everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Until the day XR discovers something impossible: a human girl named Emma.

Todos tenemos algo que enseñar y que aprender de los demás, incluso de quién menos esperamos. Norberto acaba de mudarse con su madre a una ciudad grande, y a la vez que extraña su pueblo y sus amigos, descubre que cada cosa que cambia es un motivo más para sumergirse en su timidez. Cuando llegue a su nueva escuela, sabrá que allí los alumnos mayores son padrinos de los más pequeños durante un año... y que a él le ha tocado en suerte una ahijada que va a darle mucho trabajo.