Catástrofes que marcaron la historia (Unforgettable Catastrophes)

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first man to ever walk on the moon! Readers will be engaged from cover to cover as they learn about Armstrong's inspirational career as an astronaut in this biography that features additional information on gravity, NASA, and the moon landing. The vivid images work in conjunction with the supportive text, timeline, glossary, and index to allow for better understanding of the content. This 6-Pack has been translated into Spanish and includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Young readers will be inspired by this biography about the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. The appealing images, helpful text, and supportive timeline, glossary, table of contents, and index combine to create an engaging experience as readers learn about one of the greatest female pilots of all time. This 6-Pack has been translated into Spanish and includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

Where did the sunflower come from? How does it grow so tall? How can its thin stalk support such a large and heavy head? These and many other questions are answered in this dazzling book. Using lushly detailed illustrations and photographs, the book takes us inside the sunflower to examine its stem, root system, leaves, and flowering heads, proving an understanding of this unique plant's structure, growth, flowering, reproduction, and cultivation.

«La aventura se presenta y, como siempre, lo hace en forma de miedo y amenaza. La hija del cabecilla hampón del barrio ha sido violada y asesinada. Los dedos acusadores apuntan al Watusi, un individuo famoso en el barrio al que Pepito el Yeyé parece tener como héroe. Fernando Atienza y Pepito parten en busca de ese misterioso personaje para avisarle de que fuerzas despiadadas le buscan para vengarse. Ese día, el 15 de agosto de 1971, la pareja recorrerá la ciudad desierta bajo una interminable tormenta de verano, un lugar que se irá convirtiendo poco a poco en el espacio de los sueños ...

En 1792, una sanguinaria bestia hace estragos en la Hoya de Castalla, donde cunden rumores sobre una extraña epidemia. El botánico A.J. Cavanilles recorre la región en busca de un antídoto contra la hidrofobia mientras elabora un catálogo de plantas por encargo de Carlos IV. Para poder adentrarse por zonas escarpadas llenas de peligrosos precipicios toma como guía a un avispado muchacho del lugar, el pícaro Ángel Taras, que servirá como contrapunto del ilustrado. Iniciada la expedición, pronto serán testigos de siniestros acontecimientos: un cadáver incorrupto al ser desenterrado...

El libro de niños de Nancy Hahn “Un Muchacho Perdido”, diciendo la historia de la vida de Bol Malual. Es el primer libro de niños para dirigirse a la historia de los Muchachos Perdidos de Sudán.