When she came to America in 1921, Pura carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular stories into libros and spread story seeds across the land. Today, these seeds have grown into a lush landscape as generations of children and cuentistas continue to share her stories and celebrat…
When she came to America in 1921, Pura Belpré carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular retellings into libros and spread story seeds across the land. Today, these seeds have grown into a lush landscape as generations of children and storytellers continue to share her tales a…
Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all. An AI learned to win chess by making moves human grand masters had never conceived. Another AI discovered a new antibiotic by analyzing molecular properties human scientists did not understan…
Turner Buckminster is purely miserable. Not only is he the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, but he is shunned for playing baseball differently from the local boys. Turner feels as if everyone young and old is watching every move and every mistake he makes. One huge mistakes is his forbidden friendship with smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor …
Paperback. Pub Date :2008-08-25 Language: English Publisher: McGrawHill Education Top readers is a series of beautifully designed. fact-based books. richly illustrated with a wealth of accurate. full-color illustrations. intriguing diagrams. cross-sections and cutaways. Top readers is a beautifully designed. full of informative books. Configure the book dizzying variety of color pictures. enjoy…