La búsqueda de la velocidad: Los vehículos (The Quest for Speed: Vehicles) (Spanish Version)

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.

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...

Make patterns fun at recess time! This exciting title has been translated into Spanish and helps young readers recognize repeating patterns all around through helpful charts and familiar images of recess time. Children will better understand early STEM themes through the help of simple, applicable examples of patterns. This title will engage young readers with games and featured "You Try It!" problems!

Luna, una joven adolescente, pasa por unos acontecimientos que harán que su vida dé un giro, la muerte de su padre y la ruptura entre ella y su novio. Por ello, su madre decide enviarla con sus tíos a vivir una temporada, ya que no puede cuidar de ella por motivos de trabajo. Cuando llega al pueblo no sabe qué hacer pero un día se encuentra una vieja librería, en la cual conoce a un chico un poco extraño. Éste le cuenta una historia que la deja aturdida, ella intentará averiguar que secreto oculta el chico misterioso y sus amigos; tras varios días descubre que tiene un don, igual...

Edith Stein Courant nació en 1891 en Bresláu (Polonia), en el seno de una familia judía de clase media. De carácter fuerte, alegre y voluntarioso, Edith pronto destacó en la escuela por su compañerismo e inteligencia. Su espíritu de superación la llevó siempre a buscar la verdad sobre el ser humano y el mundo. En 1921 leyó la autobiografía de santa Teresa de Jesús y tomó la firme decisión de convertirse al catolicismo. En 1934 se hizo carmelita descalza. Trabajó en estudios filosóficos sobre santo Tomás de Aquino y san Juan de la Cruz, mientras era perseguida por su...

In 1991, preparation for the construction of a new federal office building led to a startling discovery: a skeleton. Further excavation exposed the bones of 420 men, women, and children. This area of New York had been a burial ground set aside for both free and enslaved Africans during the 1600s and 1700s. It’s thought to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. This noteworthy book—which includes sidebars, fact boxes, a timeline, and maps—fills in the gaps of history books, exposing much about what life was like in colonial New York for Africans.

Go-Karts are a fun and thrilling way to hit the road! This exciting, Spanish-translated nonfiction title invites readers to explore different parts needed to build a go-kart, velocity, speed, and how to stay safe in this fun motorsport. Using detailed images, charts and diagrams, informational text, and interesting facts in conjunction with mathematical skills and upper-level features such as a glossary of terms, an index, and a chapter format, readers are sure to be engaged and excited from cover to cover!