La búsqueda de la velocidad: Los vehículos (The Quest for Speed: Vehicles) (Spanish Version)

Readers will be amazed to discover that every time they climb onto bicycles and ride like the wind, they are defying gravity! This book explains the physics and history behind bicycles, skateboards, and surfboards. Readers learn what happens from the simplest movement of rolling forward to more complex tricks and stunts of jumping and spinning. Readers will never look at bikes, skateboards or surfboards the same way again.

Invite readers along on the preparations for a soccer tournament! With informational, Spanish-translated text, vibrant photos and charts, children are engaged from cover to cover while utilizing mathematical skills to increase understanding of all aspects of soccer, including sportsmanship and tournaments.

Learn the secrets to artful cupcakes, oven-fresh bread, and other delicious baked goods in this delightful nonfiction title. Readers will learn how mathematics helps bakers measure their ingredients to make tasteful treats. Featuring vibrant images and charts, informative text, and fun, intriguing facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book will leave children fascinated by all the details that go into baking their favorite treats--like doughnuts and cookies!

How do architects and contractors use math and geometry to help build a house? Readers will find out in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction book that features bright images and charts, informational text, and intriguing facts that will familiarize children with construction, construction equipment and materials, and blueprints. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

"Datos fascinantes, ilustraciones divertidas y explicaciones claras y sencillas, ayudarán a los niños a entender el maravilloso mundo de los litorales"--Back cover.

Magdalena Fleitas es unas de las mayores referentes de la música para niños y las niñas y sus melodías se disfrutan en familia. Este libro, poemario y cancionero, podrá ser puente para potenciar el arte, la alegría y la mirada curiosa y atenta del mundo. ¿Una nube puede no flotar? ¿Una canción puede no sonar? ¿Qué hace falta para ser? ¿Cómo se guardan las gotas de rocío? Un libro que invita a cantar y contar historias, que anima a crear sonidos, bailar, jugar con el cuerpo y detenerse en los detalles mágicos que nos rodean. Magdalena Fleitas creó un verdadero universo...

Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart – the journey along the Silk Roads. From ancient world laws laid down by King Hammurabi and the mighty Persian empire, to terrifying huns, the rise of Europe, two world wars and politics today, The Silk Roads moves through time and history sewing together the threads from different peoples,...

Culmina con este volumen la trilogía de poesía religiosa «Hombre y Dios». Para esta última antología se ha elegido Europa, incluyendo la del Este, aunque el «telón» impidió, durante un largo tiempo, la publicación de este tipo de poesía en algunos países. La selección de poemas aquí recogidos se-rá, quizá, para algunos lectores el único medio de otear las intuiciones poéticas de la Europa del siglo XX. Hay textos fragmentarios, hecho que responde al deseo de ajustarse a la elección inicial de la obra, y se ha optado por presentar en forma bilingüe los poemas escritos en...