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.

Una novela para sentirla y vivirla en imágenes, a modo de guión cinematográfico, listo para rodar. Una historia de máximo interés para los jóvenes de hoy.

Trabajadores que me cuidan (Workers Who Take Care of Me) builds critical literacy skills with this exciting Spanish-translated nonfiction reader. Engage students with fascinating content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Focusing on different types of workers, children will be introduced to all the people who work hard to take care of us. This informational text features simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, vivid photographs, and large font to encourage students to examine different professions, including doctors, police officers, and firefighters....

Young children are natural problem-solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves interesting animals. This Spanish-language edition of Fast and Flightless provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the animal lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.

Despues de ocho anos de su ultima obra, y siete anos despues de la publicacion de su poesia reunida, Andres Sanchez Robayna ofrece a sus lectores su nuevo y esperado libro. Como Morandi o los pintores esencialistas a la manera de Cezanne, Sanchez Robayna encuentra en los objetos, en su perfil y en la luz que proyectan, en los estimulos que configuran un momento irrepetible, ocasion para explorar los signos de la naturaleza, las claves de lo real. Sus poemas, en una lengua exacta, sin condescendencia o lo retorico, logran descigrar el mundo, elevarse sobre lo cotidiano y rozar la esencia, lo...