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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 Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source book explores California’s unique geography: the coastal region, the Central Valley, the mountain region, and the desert region. 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 grade...

Learn how a designer's sketch becomes the fashion we wear and how a designer uses math and geometry to make their designs successful in this fashion-filled book! Including information about the fashion industry, clothing fabrics, patterns, and textures, readers learn all about the different aspects of the fashion industry. With a glossary, index, vivid images, informational text, and interesting facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book with engage students from beginning to end.

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther.

!Atencion, magos, brujos, hechiceros, detectives, lunaticos, fanaticos y curiosos en general!: con este nuevo libro tendran la ocasion de poner a prueba el ingenio, el entusiasmo, la velocidad mental, la suerte, la imaginacion y otros poderes ocultos. La propuesta trae cuentos, cantos y 351 adivinanzas para seguir jugando con las palabras.

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.

This beautifully illustrated book will begin to give the reader a glimpse into what Heaven will be like and what God has prepared for those of us who love Him and believe in His Son, Jesus! "What is Heaven Like, Mimi?" is based on the true story of Joy Brandt, born in 1929, and her near-death experience when she was 9 years old. Heaven is a real place and there are Biblical scriptures throughout the book to refer to. "I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you may be also." John 14:3

Have you ever flown on an airplane? In this title, early readers learn how an airplane works and what to expect if you fly on one. Included are a picture glossary and websites to visit.