Adivinanzas, Risas y Chanzas

'Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world.' - J.K. Rowling I Am Malala tells the remarkable true story of a girl who knew she wanted to change the world - and did. Raised in the Swat Valley in Pakistan, Malala was taught to stand up for her beliefs. When terrorists took control of her region and declared girls were forbidden from going to school, Malala fought for her right to an education. And, on 9 October 2012, she nearly paid the ultimate price for her courage when she was shot on her way home from school. No one expected her to survive. Now, she is an international...

Los héroes de ficción que viajan en el tiempo pueden cambiar el pasado o el futuro. ¿Podrán hacerlo los seres humanos en el futuro? A medida que los científicos aprenden más sobre las personas y el universo, comienzan a darse cuenta de que algunas formas de viaje en el tiempo podrían ser posibles. Fictional heroes who time travel can change the past or the future. Will humans be able to in the future? As scientists learn more about people and the universe, they're starting to realize that some forms of time travel might be possible. Now in Spanish!

Discusses the origins of corn, its use in Latin America, its spread throughout the world, different kinds of corn, and other uses for corn products.

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...