Las ballenas

Winner of: International Latino Book Awards 2014, Primer Premio en la categoría Best Young Adult Non-Fiction Book Focusing on key figures from the worlds of art, literature, music, politics, and science, this collection introduces young readers to luminaries who, despite the difficulties and failures of their childhoods, went on to accomplish great things. Readers will discover what individuals such as Jane Austen, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Mohandas Gandhi, John Lennon, Pablo Picasso, and even the author himself were like as children and young adults, and draw inspiration from their...

Learn all about the law of conservation of mass with this Spanish science reader that brings the power of science and informational text to students at a level they can understand. Introduce students to STEM topics and new concepts and vocabulary terms with this nonfiction book that explores the law of conservation of mass in detail. Aligned to state and national standards, this leveled text supports students reading at above-, below-, and on-grade level. The fun lab activity encourages students to think like scientists. Keep students engaged in learning with this Spanish book.

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

En este libro ilustrado para niños, Nikolai pregunta a sus amigos los animales las siguientes 3 preguntas: Cuál es el mejor momento para hacer las cosas?, Quién es el ser más importante?, y, Qué es lo que debemos hacer?