Beethoven

Explains, in simple terms, the reasons for skin color, how it is determined by heredity, and how various environmental factors affect it.

Readers learn about the various animals that need help and what they can do to make a difference through volunteerism in this engaging book. Discover different programs and organizations that work to protect animals, animal habitats, and endangered species through vibrant images and charts and informational text. Featuring a list of helpful and useful websites, this Spanish-translated nonfiction title encourages readers to take part in animal activism in any way they can--from baking homemade dog biscuits to exploring careers that help sick or injured animals.

In this imaginative novel, Philip Roth converts the status of baseball from a national myth and pastime into the basis for biting satire, replete with heroism and treachery, wordplay, and an unforgettable cast of characters. Locked away in an asylum, once-famous sports journalist Word Smith attempts to write the great American novel through the story of one of the United States most celebrated baseball teams. The team s epic feats in the now-defunct Patriot League were soon forgotten after when, in the mid-1940s, Communist conspiracy infiltrated the heart of the United States in an effort to...

Grandes ideas para pequeños filósofos. ¡Tu primer libro pensar en grande! Es importante saber qué te hace feliz y cómo hacer felices a quienes quieres. ¿Sabes qué decía Aristóteles sobre la felicidad? Aristóteles creía que la mejor manera de vivir una vida feliz era llenarla de verdaderos amigos. Este libro inspirará a los más pequeños a tener pensamientos y conversaciones apasionantes sobre estas grandes ideas.