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Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Beginning readers explore the steps to make plants grow! Readers will learn about various parts of the plant including seeds, roots, and leaves in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Featuring vivid, clear photos and simple, informational text, even the most reluctant reader will be captivated!

¿Sabías que los gatos necesitan rasguñar cosas para mantener sus uñas sanas? La mayoría de los gatos tienen 18 uñas. Aprende más sobre estos increíbles animales en El gato. The AV2 Spanish language collection gives emerging bilingual readers access to both a printed Spanish book and an eBook that provides both Spanish and English translations of the text.

* ¿En qué punto nos encontraríamos si no existiesen la rueda o el vidrio? Imagine la vida sin el cemento o los ordenadores. * Piense durante un momento cómo mejoran nuestra salud y nuestro bienestar las vacunas y el marcapasos. * La sofisticación de la medicina contemporánea es una proeza excepcional que permite a muchas personas vivir con unos niveles de atención sin precedentes. * Pero el progreso médico tiene un precio que también forma parte del paisaje médico actual: resistencia a los antibióticos, bacterias multirresistentes que mutan constantemente y las consecuencias...

During the American Civil War, the United States was on the brink of falling apart irrevocably. As states seceded and brother turned against brother, hope for reconciliation was dim. This conflict, an essential topic of the social studies curriculum, is skillfully presented from its origins in the Southern slave-trade economy to bloody battles and, later, Reconstruction. Striking photographs and artwork of integral events and people will resonate with readers, while interesting sidebar information gives them more to reflect on about this terrible war and the lessons it taught us.