reading materials

Contains step-by-step instructions for eleven magic tricks using playing cards.

In the discovery room at the science museum, Taina and Mark learn about prisms and lenses.

During the early days of the Great Depression, New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpre, introduces the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's first Three Kings' Day fiesta.

Introduction the jobs done on farms around the world.

Profile of Mexican-American boxer Oscar De La Hoya, who rose from poverty to become a famous athlete.

Presents an illustrated simplified version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations following World War II.

Introduces the different kinds of food children eat in South Africa, Mexico, Thailand, France and India. Includes recipes.

Illustrations and brief captions present information about animals from eleven different habitats.

Photographs and explanatory text chronicle the stages of development of a fetus from conception to birth.

Describes in illustrations and text the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, culminating in man's first lunar landing. Includes a fold-out map of the moon, showing exactly where different crafts have landed.