Chico de Hombre

Ever wonder how a balloon is made? Follow the journey of a balloon from its beginnings as gooey sap in a tree to its completion at a rubber factory. You'll be surprised to discover what a balloon started out as and how it becomes the bright, air-filled decoration that you enjoy today.

Mohandas Gandhi was one of the world's great leaders who used nonviolent resistance to protest against the caste system. Readers will learn all about his life, Hinduism, and the amazing things he accomplished in this inspiring, Spanish-translated nonfiction biographical title. Children will be fascinated and enlivened through interesting facts, vivid images, a helpful timeline, and a glossary that assists in improving vocabulary. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Correlated to the science curriculum, our Spanish-language series describes how the types of homes that different animals build reflect adaptations to their environments. Through simple, easy-to-follow text, each volume looks at each type of home as a shelter from predators and weather and a place to store food and raise young. Young readers also learn how animal homes and human homes fulfill similar needs and functions.

Un pueblecito de Irlanda. El cartero del pueblo descubre tres cadáveres en casa de Moira, una vecina extravagante y distante que hace años que vive sola y apartada en su gran casa. Los cadáveres corresponden a dos hermanas jóvenes, Fiona y Roisin, huérfanas y sobrinas de Moira, y a ésta última. Los cuerpos de las jóvenes están en un estado esquelético y con señales de haber estado esposadas.Unos días más tarde Niall, un joven empleado de correos, descubre en la oficina un paquete abandonado enviado por Fiona: dentro del sobre hay un diario en el que declara que ella y Roisin han...