Thomas Edison

The Industrial Revolution was one of the most dramatic eras of all time, filled with fascinating people, strange events, and incredible stories. This period of great change comes into sharp focus through each spread with detailed, accessible language. Each fact is complemented with vivid, carefully-chosen historical images and illustrations, and a caption that adds just a touch more history. Readers are drawn deep into the facts not covered in history textbooks, like working conditions, inventions, failures, and characters, to make this important history lesson fun and engaging.

Lo confieso: yo, Fabio MNZ, soy un loco de los enigmas sin resolver. Me encantan los misterios grandes, los misterios chicos... e incluso los que al final no son tan misteriosos. Así que a veces, si no hay algo raro, ¡me lo invento! Seguro que hay cosas que nunca te has planteado... ¿Existen los fantasmas? ¿Por qué los extraterrestres tienen la cara ovalada? ¿Quién se esconde detrás del Fabio que ves en tu pantalla? Pues yo sí me lo planteo a diario. Porque te voy a contar un secreto: todos los días me pasan cosas que no tienen explicación. MUY FUERTE, ¿verdad?

Rain, sunshine, warm fronts, and cold fronts. Have you ever listened to a weather report? Knowing the weather can help us plan ahead. But reporters aren’t the only ones who can track weather. You can, too! This nonfiction Spanish book explores the subject of meteorology in depth, and introduces students to important scientific concepts and vocabulary like anemometer, barometer, air pressure, warm front, cold front, rain gauge, probability, Celsius, Fahrenheit, and more. The colorful images, diagrams, sidebars, and text features will keep students connected to the text. Aligned to state and...

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

De pequeña viví en el hotel de mi abuelo. Allí vivían también mis tíos, y algunos inquilinos. Todos eran divertidos y especiales, cada uno con su fantasía. Esta es la historia de aquel hotel lleno de historias. Y de cómo un día estuvimos a punto de perderlo todo, o al menos, lo más importante: las fantasías. Novela finalista del Premio El Barco de Vapor 2016