Pueblos y ciudades (Towns and Cities)

Students will learn about the history of hot air balloons and they will also discover the importance of volume when calculating hot air balloon flight. Used in the classroom or at home, this nonfiction Spanish text includes mathematical charts to help students practice calculations. With a glossary, an index, dynamic images, and easy-to-read text, students will build their math and reading skills while they are engaged in reading high-interest content.

Take a trip to the fire station to learn how firefighters use measurement to put out fires! Full of facts, practice problems, and mathematical charts, this Spanish-translated title teaches children more about measurements like volume and perimeter!

Recounts the life of the Puerto Rican baseball star from his childhood poverty to his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and discusses his humanitarian efforts, his untimely death, and his contributions to the sport.

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This primary source book provides firsthand accounts of history that give students personal insights into historical events. Learn about California’s history during the 20th century with this Spanish book that builds reading comprehension and social studies literacy. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their ...

Un cómic sobre los mamuths y su más grande depredador: el homo sapiens. Ser un mamuth no era nada fácil. Había que buscar comida entre los amplios y fríos pastizales del norte, huir de las heladas y sobrevivir a todos los depredadores que te veían como platillo principal. Si no era una manada de dientes de sable quien te acechaba, era una de homo sapiens. Mamuth narra en formato de cómic la difícil vida de esta especie, perseguida por los antiguos humanos, y cuya extinción, se sospecha, fue causada por su caza desmedida.

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914?) dedicó buena parte de su carrera literaria al periodismo satírico, así como a escribir relatos de terror que le aseguraron un lugar destacado en la historia de la literatura norteamericana como un consumado maestro del humor negro. Su participación como romántico voluntario en la Guerra Civil Americana, en cuyos horrores y sangre chapoteó hasta caer malherido en la batalla de Kennesaw Mountain, le inspiró una serie de relatos que recopiló años más tarde en uno de sus libros más conocidos, Cuentos de soldados y civiles (1891). Esta experiencia...