La Energía Solar (Solar Energy)

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.

Defines pulleys, explains their functions, and suggests simple experiments to demonstrate how they work.

Follows the life and career of the French scientist who proved the existence of germs and their connection with diseases.

Sisters in Blue tells the story of two young women--one Spanish, one Puebloan--meeting across space and time. Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda, New Mexico's famous Lady in Blue, is said to have traveled to New Mexico in the seventeenth century. Here Anna M. Nogar and Enrique R. Lamadrid bring her to life, imagining an encounter between a Pueblo woman and Sor María during the nun's mystical spiritual journeys. Tales of Sor María, who described traveling across the earth and the heavens, have traditionally presented her as an evangelist who helped bring Catholicism to the Pueblos. Instead this ...

La inexplicable desaparición del gentleman Atticus Craftsman en el corazón de las tinieblas de la España profunda parece estar relacionada con las malas artes de cinco mujeres desesperadas, las empleadas de la revista Librarte, capaces de cualquier cosa con tal de conservar su trabajo.

What makes a good friend? Soy un buen amigo (I Am a Good Friend) teaches students about friendship. The clear, text-supported images and simple, repetitive sentences will engage students in reading as they build their social studies content knowledge. For use in the classroom or at home, this Spanish book includes a glossary and index to introduce informational text features to young readers and provide additional reading support.

Este libro perteneciente a la Colección "Niños Artesanos", invita a niños y niñas a conocer la cultura Rapa Nui, a través de su cultura material, en específico, su artesanía, mostrando cada objeto y proponiendo su replicación con materiales de fácil acceso.