Agua (Water): Emergent (Nonfiction Readers)

Meet a young girl and all the members of her family including her parents, grandparents, siblings, even her dog!

There are so many interesting and exciting ways to travel! Early readers will discover the various ways people travel in this lively illustrated book that features simple text and an engaging rhyme. Perfect for those who are new to reading or for those who have not yet begun, the images and text work together strongly to provide children with an experience that will inspire them to share what they see, read, and learn. This Lap Book is the perfect size to use for read-alouds, partner reading, and small group instruction.

Roberto Clemente is remembered as a one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived, but more than that, he was also a man who believed in equality for all. Readers will learn about his incredible life in this inspiring, Spanish-translated nonfiction biographical title. Children will enthusiastically want to learn all they can about Roberto's amazing life as the first Puerto Rican in major league baseball through vibrant images, intriguing facts, a helpful timeline, and a glossary that will assist in vocabulary improvement.

Ámbar y Azul, dos gemelas curiosas (aunque, a veces, demasiado graciosillas), emprenden un intrépido viaje en busca del misterioso ADN en compañía de Pío, un pollito sabio que conoce las respuestas a todas las preguntas. Los tres protagonistas se vuelven de tamaño microscópico y exploran una célula habitada por represores insufribles, ribosomas novatos, proteínas todoterreno y otras moléculas divertidas y estructuras celulares que ejercen un papel clave en los procesos que constituyen los fundamentos de la genética.

Discusses the difference between secrets that are fun to keep and those that make people unhappy, and encourages youngsters to confide in their parents or another trusted adult such painful matters as bullying or improper touching.

Más de 70.000 mujeres cada año son engañadas y sometidas a esclavitud sexual sólo en Europa. Este es un dato extraído de los periódicos, pero en esta novela todas esas mujeres se resumen en Polina, una adolescente nacida en Moldavia cuyas ilusiones comienzan a desmoronarse en un tétrico sótano de Estambul. Muy lejos de los sollozos de la pequeña, la historia comienza con la desaparición de los cinco gatos de la viuda Hergueta en un barrio residencial de la periferia de Madrid. Los vecinos rusos resultan los primeros sospechosos, ya que su actitud es huraña y misteriosa. Gracias a...

"Describes living on a ranch including information about corrals, rodeos and roundups."--From source other than the Library of Congress