Ella persistió: Harriet Tubman / She Persisted: Harriet Tubman

[English] Explains many different ways that children can be good citizens and show good citizenship. [Spanish] Ser ciudadano de un país es algo muy especial. Los buenos ciudadanos están orgullosos de sus acciones y defienden sus principios. ¿Cómo somos buenos ciudadanos?

'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...

Carme Manuel es profesora de la Universitat de València y directora de la colección Biblioteca Javier Coy d’estu-dis nord-americans (PUV). Es autora de numerosas traducciones al castellano y catalán de distintos escritores estadounidenses, de ensayos sobre metodología de la en-señanza del inglés y sobre literatura norteamericana, entre ellos, La literatura de Estados Unidos desde sus orígenes hasta la Primera Guerra Mundial (Síntesis, 2006). Con Josep-Vicent Garcia i Raffi es responsable de la biografía Esyllt T. Lawrence: una gal·lesa entre dracs (2007) y de l’antología Poesia ...

Describes the life and times of the well-known hero of the American Revolution, Paul Revere, a patriot and silversmith whose midnight ride was made famous in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.