Diego Rivera

When President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from cash-strapped France in 1803, he doubled the size of the United States without really knowing what he was getting. He dispatched Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery to explore a territory that would include part or all of fifteen future states and to seek a water route to the West Coast. Westward expansion began immediately, all for the bargain price of 15 million dollars. This book richly explores this fascinating part of history.

A step-by-step visual guide to building your own computer games using Scratch 3.0 Scratch 3.0 has landed, so stay ahead of the curve with this fully updated guide for beginner coders. Kids will love the step-by-step, visual approach that makes even the most difficult coding concepts fun and easy to understand. Coding Games in Scratch, 2nd Edition, blends coding theory with the practical task of creating exciting games. Children learn the fundamentals of computer programming by seeing how to build their own games. Coding theory is taught through practical tasks, so young programmers don't just ...

The second book from Dr. Maria Uribe, a Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado Denver in the School of Education & Human Development, Is There Something Wrong With Me? provides concrete examples of micro-aggressions and discrimination--rooted in race, ethnicity, and gender--that children face. Designed to elicit empathy and conversation about identity and belonging, the book further suggests at-home and classroom activities to dismantle social bias.

¡La Pascua ha llegado! Aprende sobre los símbolos de Pascua como los huevos, los conejos y las flores. También, aprende sobre las diferentes maneras en que la gente festeja esta celebración primaveral. Las fotografías llamativas y el texto cuidadosamente organizado en niveles invitan a los lectores a ser parte de esta divertida celebración. Además de tener un glosario con imágenes, ayudamos a desarrollar habilidades de lectura informativa con preguntas de pensamiento crítico apropiadas para esta edad. Easter is here! Learn about Easter symbols such as eggs, bunnies, and flowers, and...