Hora de recreo (Recess Time)

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.

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 focuses on the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. 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 level. Packed with information and primary source maps, images, and...

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.

Examines the nature of inclined planes and wedges, how they can reduce the amount of force necessary to perform work, and ways in which they are used.

Pobre corazón reúne nueve relatos cuyo nexo de unión es el amor, o los sucedáneos del amor. Nacemos para amar, dicen los románticos, o amamos para perpetuar la especie, replican los científicos. En cualquier caso el amor aparece en nuestra vida iluminándola o ensombreciéndola, dándole a veces un sentido, obsesionando siempre su conciencia y trastornando su voluntad: amor conyugal o adúltero, infantil o senil, ocasional o permanente, real o imaginado, ansiado, desdeñado, gozado, sufrido, pero cada uno de ellos con vocación de amor verdadero.

Little readers will learn the essentials of the United States Coast Guard (how the Coast Guard keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text. Readers will love the exciting full-bleed photographs, bolded glossary terms, and More Facts section. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

La conmovedora historia de Leon Leyson, el más joven de los mil judíos que Oskar Schindler salvó del Holocausto Leon solo tenía diez años cuando el ejército nazi invadió Polonia y su familia fue trasladada primero al gueto y, más tarde, al campo de concentración. Sobrevivió gracias a su valentía y determinación, pero solo un acto de bondad desinteresada pudo salvarlo: la lista de personas que creó Oskar Schindler, el empresario alemán cuya gesta se llevó a la gran pantalla en La lista de Schindler. Estas memorias, el único testimonio que tenemos de esta historia real, retratan ...