Una mano al corazón: Mejorando las comunidades (Hand to heart: Improving Communities) 6-Pack

Readers learn about the various animals that need help and what they can do to make a difference through volunteerism in this engaging book. Discover different programs and organizations that work to protect animals, animal habitats, and endangered species through vibrant images and charts and informational text. Featuring a list of helpful and useful websites, this Spanish-translated nonfiction title encourages readers to take part in animal activism in any way they can--from baking homemade dog biscuits to exploring careers that help sick or injured animals.

Help readers make a difference by encouraging them to learn about the various ways the environment needs our help and the things they can do to reduce their carbon footprint. Readers will learn about the effects of pollution, fossil fuels, renewable and non-renewable resources, deforestation, and recycling through interesting images and charts and informational text. This Spanish-translated nonfiction title features a glossary of terms and a list of helpful websites that encourages children to take part in helping the environment in many different ways.

Animal trainers care for many different types of animals! Children will explore some of the methods that trainers use, such as affection bonding and classical and operant conditioning, while simultaneously gaining an understanding of animal instincts and animal rehabilitation. Readers are invited to learn about the variety of animals that trainers work with and are encouraged to find an area of study to focus on if they want to become an animal trainer. With stunning images, interesting facts, a glossary of useful terms, informational text, and an interview with a real-life animal trainer,...

Animales al natural es un recorrido por un zoológico -uno portátil, además- en el que podemos observar animales a escala real. Las 21 fotografías que lo forman capturan y permiten examinar los detalles más sorprendentes de la fisionomía animal, desde la textura de la lengua de un tigre hasta las pestañas de un camello. el visitante de este libro podrá encontrar señalizaciones, ilustradas de manera creativa y lúdica, que contienen información básica de cada animal, como nombre científico, peso y dimensiones, además de otros datos menos conocidos y muy curiosos.

With Análisis de mapas, the Spanish-translation of the Grade 4 nonfiction text, Looking at Maps, students will learn all about maps! This engaging informational text introduces readers to map symbols, keys, map ratios, grid coordinates, and more! This engaging informational reader comes with clear mathematical charts and diagrams, easy-to-read text, and opportunities to practice reading maps with ease!

Mysterious ancient ruins, hidden deep in the jungle of southern Mexico In May 1840, explorers John Stephens and Frederick Catherwood road their mules along a steep, muddy jungle path. They were hoping to find the ruins of an ancient, deserted site in Mexico they knew only from visitors’ accounts. Through the trees, they spied the remains of a crumbling stone palace. Palenque! In the weeks they spent there, the men discovered intricately designed buildings and mysterious glyphs, or symbols. Who built this city? What did the glyphs mean? The questions remained largely unanswered until the...

La obra ofrece una selección de poemas dedicados al tema de la muerte escritos por monjes zen y poetas de haiku, relacionando esta poesía con la mentalidad japonesa sobre la dialéctica entre la vida y la muerte.