Un Dia en la vida de un bombero / A Day in the Life of a Fire Fighter

Come find out what professional Crime Scene investigators do to solve a crime in this Spanish-translated nonfiction book! With detailed images and fascinating facts, readers learn about forensic science, criminal investigative evidence, and crime scene searches. This book includes an interview with a real-life CSI and a glossary, index, and list of useful sources. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Discover what it takes to be an Emergency Room doctor in this enlightening, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Readers learn about the hard work and dedication it takes to have a career as an ER doctor and what a typical day is like in the emergency room. From medical school to residency, medical symptoms to diagnosis, children will learn all about the steps it takes to get involved in this profession. This engaging title features vivid photos, helpful charts and diagrams, informational text, a glossary of terms, and an interview with a real life ER doctor to...

Leap into the world of a ballet dancer! In this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction book, readers learn about the history of this art form as well as what a ballet dancer does to get ready for a performance. With informational text, vibrant photographs, a sample schedule of ballet dancer's day, a look at ballet positions, and simple, clear text, readers learn about the basics of ballet and that this beautiful art form takes a lot of hard work and dedication.

A lo largo de nuestro crecimiento como especie dominante, hemos salpicado la historia de objetos confeccionados por nosotros con un fin específico: herramientas, máquinas, objetos, etc. todos ellos bajo un solo nombre: inventos. Este libro pretende ilustrar la importancia de la creación de objetos (de la inventiva), como capacidad inherente al desarrollo de la humanidad tanto presente como futura. Para llevar a cabo este objetivo, este libro hace una descripción de cómo el hombre ha ido convirtiendo ciertos objetos naturales en instrumentos de gran utilidad y sofisticación a lo largo...

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.

Tras la muerte de una entrañable amiga, Carlos Alberto sufre una depresión. Su madre lo lleva a un psiquiatra, que le confía a un colega paralítico cerebral. Carlos se enfrentará a los prejuicios de su madre y aprenderá nuevos valores y el verdadero sentido de la responsabilidad.

Río es a la vez un libro de muchos poemas breves de tres versos apenas y un solo poema largo. El río es su eje, su centro y su punto de fuga; la imagen y el orden del mundo. El río es todo: el deseo, la vida, la muerte, la memoria, la construcción, el pretexto, la caricia, lo que sucede, lo que se suspende, lo que cambia. Una de las mayores virtudes de estas páginas es lograr decirlo todo suave y finamente, con la naturalidad con que fluye el agua por el cauce.