Benjamin Franklin 6-Pack

Introduces the life and times of Underground Railroad and anti-slavery leader Harriet Tubman and explains her place in American history.

November 1940. A circus parade walks through the streets of Warsaw, waving a flag and singing. They are 160 Jewish children, forced by the Nazis to leave their beloved orphanage. It's a sad occasion, but led by Doctor Korczak, their inspirational director, the children are defiantly joyful. Their new home is in the ghetto, a prison for Jews. Two years later they board the train that will carry them away to the death camps. Offered his freedom, Doctor Korczak refuses to abandon the children and proudly joins them on their last journey. This profoundly moving illustrated book is based on the...

A partir de la larga convivencia con un hombre mayor que él, un 'triunfador' bregado en el arte de la manipulación, el narrador de este relato se pregunta sobre lo que él mismo considera su 'adicción' a cierto tipo de relaciones enfermizas. Se pregunta si la extraña enfermedad física que ha acabado contrayendo -síndrome de fatiga crónica- es el efecto o el síntoma de esta adicción, y cuál es realmente la posición y la responsabilidad de la 'víctima' en el mantenimiento de este desquiciante orden. En la reconstrucción de su experiencia y en la búsqueda de una salida, brotan...

Focuses on NSTA Standards of understanding science and technology. Explores the position of motion of objects.