Synopses & Reviews
The two decks are broken down into six categories:
Leaders: What independence fighter is widely honored in South America as "The Liberator"?
Arts and Literature: In the Spanish novel Don Quixote, what is the name of Don Quixote's sidekick?
History and Geography: True or false: After Native Americans, Hispanics are the people who have been in the Americas the longest.
Language: Is chido Chicano slang for "cool" or "dorky"?
Everyday Life: You fill it with candy and then break it at a party. What is it?
This & That: The first female Hispanic American in space was: Gloria Armstrong, Ellen Ochoa, or Laura Martinez Herring?
Esta O.K. ser inteligente!
Synopsis
For the millions of kids looking to know more about their heritage comes Brain Quest Hispanic America. An English-language title devoted to America's largest cultural minority, Hispanic Americais a Brain Quest"extra" in the same vein as Brain Quest Black History(311,000 copies in print), Brain Quest America(282,000 copies), and Brain Quest for the Car(over 1 million copies in print). Fact-filled, fun, and challenging for kids ages 9-12, it covers everything from El Cid to Sammy Sosa, Frida Kahlo to Cand#233;sar Chand#225;vez.
Synopsis
Smarter. Fresher. Better.
And now with new content, and new packaging.
Announcing the 650,000-copy, $750,000-marketing-budget relaunch of Brain Quest, America’s #1 educational bestseller with over 23.7 million copies in print. Featuring a complete updating of the content and an eye-catching, brainy-retro new look with easy-to-stock-and-shelve packaging, this is a dazzling makeover, inside and out.
For kids, it’s fun unplugged. For parents, it’s the easiest, most trusted way to know if their children are keeping pace. Assisting in the relaunch is an advisory panel of ten of America’s top educators, each of them winners of Teacher of the Year or Milken National Educator Awards. The result: completely revised questions and answers, with up to 20%new material, to bring each deck up to the standards of today’s curricula. The content is the same that kids will find on standardized tests, handled in such a way that it promotes mental flexibility.
The new Brain Quest is rolling out this Spring with a national “Thinking Cap” College Tuition Sweepstakes promo-tion; official spokesperson (Milken award-winning teacher and Brain Quest user Patty McGee); national publicity; and a revamped Web site (www.brainquest.com). Because it’s no tonly OK to Be Smart®—it’s absolutely essential.
Synopsis
It's O.K To Be Smart!
Celebrate the heritage: El Cid to Selena, marimbas and the Pyramid of the Sun. HISPANIC AMERICA covers it all: history, famous people, the Arch of Carabobo, geography, "The Liberator," pop culture, hasta la vista versus hasta luego, and more. Quiz yourself, quiz your parents—quiz your big brother. The Aztecs. La raza and el boricua. Sammy Sosa and a snack of pasteles.
How much do you know about your world?
CURRICULUM-BASED!
TEACHER APPROVED BY THE BRAIN QUEST PANEL OF AWARD WINNING EDUCATORS.
About the Author
George Ochoa is the author of The New York Public Library Amazing Hispanic-American History: A Book of Answers for Kids and The Atlas of Hispanic-American History. He lives in Dobbs Ferry, New York.Chris Welles Feder has spent a great part of her life working in the field of education and is known to many as a writer for the children's educational series
Brain Quest. She lives with her husband in New York City.