La Tierra y la luna (Earth and Moon)

Introduce students to the scientific method with this Spanish science reader that features easy-to-read text. This book teaches important scientific topics and vocabulary terms including hypothesis, data, experiment, conclusion, method, research, and more. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment to develop critical thinking and help students practice what they have learned.

What makes something a good value? Why is it important to use money wisely? How will creating a budget help you purchase a new bike? This engaging Spanish book will teach students financial literacy through the use of real-world examples while incorporating nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The challenging practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will...

Planet Earth gives us the things we need to survive. When it changes, it affects us all. But humans also affect Earth. It’s important that we take care of our planet so that it can continue to take care of us. This Spanish nonfiction book explores the subjects of human ecology and climate change in depth, and introduces students to important scientific concepts and vocabulary like desertification, deforestation, carbon dioxide, erosion, drought, fossil fuels, the greenhouse effect, and more. The colorful images, diagrams, sidebars, and text features will keep students connected to the text....

Una col·lecció de llibres amb trencaclosques i un joguet mecànic. La granja, el mar, el jardí i la jungla són escenaris que amaguen una pila d'animals; els protagonistes d'aquests llibres estan encuriosits per descobrir-los. Per fer el camí tantes vegades com calgui.

En buena hora es el primer poemario ganador del premio convocado por la Facultad de Poesía José Ángel Valente de la Universidad de Almería. Recoge once poemas que emplean conceptos herederos de la tradición cultural católica: formas y estructuras que recuerdan a oraciones, relatos fundacionales con tono bíblico y terminología asociada a los ritos. Todo ello, con un estilo próximo y cercano, anclado a la realidad cotidiana, en ocasiones irónico y en otras, compasivo. De esta manera, comenzando por un Génesis que describe una primera y torpe caída en desgracia, se busca el contacto...

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children's books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these pterosaurs face-to-face: The Quetzalcoatlus had wings that spanned the length of a school bus! The Dsungaripterus had a bony crest on its head! The Eudimorphodon had a diamond-shaped flap at the end of its long tail! Plus you'll ...

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life. Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory, and pain, of being Latino American. Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents. With poets such...