Sheila Griffin Llanas

Make Me a Picture of the Sun

She Walks in Beauty

What is beauty? Can it only be viewed in physical form, or can it be something deeper, an idea or feeling? Perhaps there is no better way to explore these questions of beauty than through poetry. Author Sheila Griffin Llanas discusses eight poems and poets, with chapters on William Shakespeare, Phillis Wheatley, Edgar Allan Poe, and five others. Accompanied by biographical information on the poet and end-of-chapter questions for further study, Llanas closely examines each poem, including detailed analysis of form, content, poetic technique, and theme, encouraging readers to develop the tools to understand and appreciate poetry.

A History Perspectives Book

This book relays the factual details of the Underground Railroad and slavery in the United States. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the events, and readers learn details from the point of view of a slave, a slave owner, and a conductor on the railroad. This book offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives in a text while gathering and analyzing information about an historical event.

This biography examines the remarkable life of Jonas Salk using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Salk's family background, childhood, education, groundbreaking research, and creation of the polio vaccine. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary, bibliography, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

With some new ingredients and lots of familiar favorites, author Sheila Griffin Llanas explores twelve vegetarian recipes in this exciting cookbook. Try Russian cabbage pie and Indian sabji, and find out what Newfoundland doughboys are. Readers will learn new cooking techniques and all about kitchen safety.

Author Sheila Griffin Llanas explores a variety of globe-spanning recipes that feature ingredients such as chorizo, honey, fava beans, coconut, and pineapple. Readers will discover how to make googs and soldiers from Australia, pannukakku from Finland, and French toast with coconut syrup from the Caribbean. Breakfast has never tasted so good. Readers find out how to become a better cook, and how to stay safe in the kitchen.

Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott push across the dangerous Antarctic land. Both players are driven to be the first to reach the South Pole. But only one player can win the race. Who reached the South Pole first?