Ejercito de los Estados Unidos / United States Army

This very simple book about garter snakes combines familiar with fun. Readers will learn about this favorite common reptile while strengthening reading skills and being wowed with great photographs. Translated by native Spanish speakers--and immersion school educators. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

When President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from cash-strapped France in 1803, he doubled the size of the United States without really knowing what he was getting. He dispatched Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery to explore a territory that would include part or all of fifteen future states and to seek a water route to the West Coast. Westward expansion began immediately, all for the bargain price of 15 million dollars. This book richly explores this fascinating part of history.

Let’s Make a Volcano Spanish Edition. What do you know about a volcano? When a mountain erupts, it explodes! Hot melted rock, called lava, comes out of its top and flows down the side of the mountain! People need to keep away from real volcanoes, but you can have fun making your own volcano!

Diviértete expresando tu mundo interior, y comparándolo con el mío para que te des cuenta de lo mucho que tenemos en común, ¡o no! Éste es un libro que escribiremos juntas: aquí vas a dibujar sentimientos, expresar pensamientos y hacer garabatos que quizá no tengan sentido, pero ¡qué más da! Cada libreta que he tenido lleva algo único que la hace mía y ¡mía nada más! Te comparto estas hojas para que, acompañada por una taza de café en los días de lluvia escribas tu propia historia. Diviértete expresando tu mundo interior, y comparándolo con el mío para que te des cuenta...

Go for the goal with this text, which examines fascinating female sports heroes who’ve proved to the world that gender is no barrier to athletic success. Readers will delight in learning about the lives of Mia Hamm, Wilma Rudolph, and the Williams sisters, as well as other important women who’ve broken barriers in sports. Readers will be inspired to pursue a career in athletics after learning about how others have achieved success in spite of great obstacles. The biographical nature of the text supports social studies curricula, and fact boxes and a comprehensive timeline provide...