Por Que Algunos Animales Viven en Nidos

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.

This book introduces readers to different methods of transportation in their communities. Whether one is taking a school bus or riding a horse, there are many different ways to get around. Readers will have opportunities to practice vocabulary terms related to transportation.

Diego y Patricia, una pareja de traficantes internacionales de obras de arte, son contratados por un millonario francés para realizar un trabajo «especial»: robar el Códice Calixtino, un manuscrito del siglo XII custodiado en la catedral de Santiago de Compostela. El Códice es mucho más que una guía para el peregrino. En sus páginas, oculto mediante una técnica medieval, se esconde un evangelio desconocido, donde se revelan datos inquietantes sobre la historia encubierta de la familia de Jesucristo, sus asombrosas relaciones de parentesco, los conflictivos orígenes del cristianismo, ...

Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of Arizona, the Grand Canyon State.

Thomas Edison is considered by many to be one of the greatest inventors of all time. His creations changed the world, but there was more to his life than just his inventions. Readers of this engaging volume will learn all about the man behind the innovations. This fascinating biography introduces important subjects and encourages a further interest in history. Concise and accessible text paired with vibrant photographs is sure to captivate audiences of many ages and levels.