El clima y el tiempo

This title covers the major drivers of the Latin American region’s economy, including exports of agricultural products, petroleum and minerals, and manufactured goods, along with the service and tourism industries. Despite recent improvements, the Latin American economy remains dependent on commodity exports to the West, presenting a challenge to the region’s long-term future. When used in the classroom, this resource provides readers with the tools they need to analyze concepts in economics and how they affect the countries of Latin America.

This inspiring biographical series ties in with elementary history, science, and social studies curricula, providing teachers with a valuable interdisciplinary resource. With these books, young readers will discover historical figures who devoted their lives to making the world a better place, and changed the course of history. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets the famous Russian composer on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

En Estados Unidos, el movimiento abolicionista existió junto con la esclavitud desde el principio. Conoce la historia del movimiento, los abolicionistas prominentes y de qué manera los abolicionistas usaron las tácticas de una retórica poderosa para dirigir la acción revolucionaria para ayudar a eliminar la esclavitud. The abolitionist movement existed alongside slavery in the US from the beginning. Learn about the movement's history, prominent abolitionists, and how abolitionists used tactics from powerful rhetoric to direct disruptive action to help end slavery. Now in Spanish! Read...

Por años, La Biblia ilustrada ha deleitado tanto a jóvenes como a adultos. Ahora, ha sido actualizada con nuevas e interesantes características incluyendo: Páginas de datos "¿Sabías que?," itinerarios, lista de historias, mapas y mucho más. A los niños les encantarán las grandes historias y los dibujos de la recientemente actualizada Biblia ilustrada. La Palabra de Dios cobrará vida durante las horas de placer leyendo en familia. Un gran éxito de superventas. For years, The Picture Bible has delighted young and old. Now updated with interesting new features, including "Did you...