Robert Goddard

Counting is needed for many jobs. Let's explore the different types of jobs where counting is used every day! The Días de Descubrimiento (Discovery Days) series is perfect for young learners in prekindergarten through grade 2. These 16-page books give readers an accessible introduction to nonfiction reading. Color photographs and fun, factual examples will grab the attention of young readers and help strengthen reading comprehension skills.

Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. (Later Marie won another Nobel award for chemistry in 1911.) She died in Savoy, France, on July 4, 1934, a victim of many years of exposure to toxic radiation.

The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is an intriguing area of our solar system. Scientists have counted over 670,000 known asteroids there, but there could be millions more not yet found. Readers will discover much more about the asteroid belt in this highinterest book, which blends science and math. They'll read about several topics, such as space missions to the asteroid belt and the difference between an asteroid and a planet, and solve associated math problems-just like actual space scientists do!

Ants are so important to our ecology that some scientist fell that if ants ever disappear so might humans! SOY UNA SEMILLA es un libro de la serie Hola, lector! que muestra la diferencia entre dos semillas, asi como su evolucion hasta llegar a convertirse en plantas. Los ninos disfrutaran del texto dinamico con el que esta escrito este libro.