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.

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!

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.

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.

With gentle encouragement, this book teaches children that they can think before speaking, choose what to say and how to say it, and find positive ways to respond when others use unkind words. The importance of saying “I’m sorry” is reinforced. Includes tips for parents and caregivers.

¡Hola! Soy Luis Felipe Noé. ¿Quieren subirse conmigo a mi tren? Los invito a un viaje muy especial. Un viaje de ida y también de vuelta. Un viaje donde podemos bajar en muchas estaciones y quedarnos todo el tiempo que tengamos ganas... Este viaje es el viaje a través de mi historia, de mis obras y de mi propia vida… Con valijas cargadas de pinceles y brochas, zambullidas, manchas y personajes escondidos. Un viaje de exploradores con lupas y largavistas. ¡Saquen los boletos que ya llega el tren!

Carlos III acaba de subir al trono de España y firma de inmediato otro Pacto de Familia con Francia. La respuesta inglesa es inmediata. Aparece sobre las costas de La Habana la mayor fuerza naval de la historia, sólo superada siglos después en el desembarco de Normandía. La Habana se apresta a defenderse con sus exiguos medios, colocando a su frente como Gobernador del castillo del Morro al capitán de navío don Luis de Velasco e Isla, el cual no defraudará las esperanzas de los españoles, iniciándose una de las batallas navales y terrestres menos conocidas de la historia de España,...

Readers will learn about one of their favorite farm animals--pigs! This title is informative--telling readers what pigs eat, what they look like, and how we use pig products every day. The text is very simple, which will reinforce early reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.