Hot and Cold / Caliente y frío

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

Provides an overview of the design, uses, weapons, and equipment of U.S. Air Force bombers. Written in English and Spanish.

Learn multiplication on a fun-filled trip to the supermarket! The displays, shelves, and layout of a local grocery store provide ample opportunities for students to learn multiplication as they are engaged in reading high-interest content. This Spanish book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts content. The full-color images, math graphs and charts, and practice problems make learning math easy and fun. The table of contents, glossary, and index will further understanding of math and reading...

Cachimbo es un cuento recreado con personajes reales. Adultos que nos dieron la oportunidad de ser felices, porque rodeados de ellos, fuimos felices. Conocimos la felicidad en una poca y sociedad de respeto, tradiciones y excelentes costumbres que esa generacin infantil dej atrs en lo ms profundo del campo cubano. En que los nios ramos pobres, pero alegres. No tenamos computadoras, vdeos, ni telfonos celulares, pero tenamos amigos ms valiosos que los tan cacareados medios electrnicos. Dominando todo el entorno de Cachimbo, est su personaje principal: Vitoria, un central azucarero sin cercas...