Que Es Un Acuerdo? (What Is Compromise?)

For societies to function successfully, they need rules and laws for their members to follow. This book takes an in-depth look at the way laws and rules influence society and how people can have an impact on the laws that govern them. Different types of societies are discussed, and a brief overview of how rules and laws are created in the United States is provided. Students will gain an appreciation for the rules and laws of the various societies they belong to after reading this informative and insightful book.

Think you'd like to be a fire fighter? Learn about the special equipment fire fighters use, their role in community safety, and their lives at the station. This book features a comprehensive timeline of the history of firefighting from its origins in ancient Rome through firefighting practices of today plus vocabulary related to fire fighters and fire safety.

Each book in this series looks at how to say colours in a different modern foreign language, with each spread within the book covering a different colour. This book looks at the colours in Spanish. Text on each page is in both English and Spanish, and simple, labelled photographs provide additional support. A "dictionary" at the end of each book gives all the words featured in both Spanish and English, and also includes a pronunciation guide.

En El fascinante mundo de... las serpientes aprenderás que algunas especies son capaces de tragarse huevos enteros de gran tamaño. Verás cómo se enroscan las serpientes constrictoras alrededor de sus presas. Comprobarás que algunas especies detectan a los animales de sangre caliente. Descubrirás que no todas las serpienes son venenosas... y muchas más cosas sobre su fascinante mundo.

"Gato Rojo quiere ser tan inteligente como Gato Azul. Gato Azul sueña con ser tan ágil como Gato Rojo. Pero, ¿de qué color es la felicidad? Los dos gatos que protagonizan esta historia están dispuestos a hacer las cosas más extrañas para parecerse al otro."--Back cover.