Álvaro Pombo

Many people take the Internet for granted. But there are places that lack Internet access. Being connected helps people connect, and new ideas are being developed and tested to bring the Internet to more of the world. This Spanish nonfiction book will keep students engaged in reading about Internet access as they build their literacy, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents. The Reader's Guide and culminating activity require students to connect back to the text as they develop their higher-order thinking skills. Check It...

This title will introduce little readers to the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Readers will gather basic, biographical information about Lincoln through easy-to-read, simple text. They?ll also love the historical photographs, the More Facts section, and bolded glossary terms. Translated by native Spanish speakers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

"No a todos nos toma el mismo tiempo estar listos para algo. Cuando Eduardo va al colegio, todavía no está listo para unirse a sus compañeros"--Page 4 of cover.

"En este libro, Marco Politi, periodista especializado en temas eclesiásticos, va más allá de los gestos fuera de protocolo y las frases polémicas recogidas por la prensa para mostrarnos la verdadera transformación que el papa Francisco, uno de los líderes más influyentes del planeta, busca llevar adelante en la Iglesia católica. Frente a las repetidas crisis de un papado que se concibe todavía como un poder absoluto, el pontífice se ha propuesto una empresa gigantesca: reformar las estructuras del catolicismo romano, el estilo de vida de sus instituciones y la aproximación de la...