Todo acceso: Una casa de modas (Backstage Pass: Fashion)

How do we learn about the world around us? One good way is to use our senses. Our senses give us five different ways to explore the world. But how do they do that? Read this Spanish-translated book to find out!

Readers won't have to disassemble their favorite toys to discover what makes them work. This book explores electric, magnetic, and motion-powered toys from design to function. It introduces readers to the six simple machines and explains how they use force and motion to do work. Not every toy is a technological marvel. Readers learn about time-honored favorites including the rocking horse, Slinky, and rattles.

Invite readers along on the preparations for a soccer tournament! With informational, Spanish-translated text, vibrant photos and charts, children are engaged from cover to cover while utilizing mathematical skills to increase understanding of all aspects of soccer, including sportsmanship and tournaments.

California is home to the largest school system in the country. Students will learn about the history of California’s schools and higher education system with this nonfiction text that builds students’ reading skills and social studies content knowledge. The intriguing primary source maps, letters, documents, and images provide authentic nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in learning. Text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California state studies standards and the NCSS/C3 Framework and features...

Winner of: International Latino Book Awards 2014, Primer Premio en la categoría Best Young Adult Non-Fiction Book Focusing on key figures from the worlds of art, literature, music, politics, and science, this collection introduces young readers to luminaries who, despite the difficulties and failures of their childhoods, went on to accomplish great things. Readers will discover what individuals such as Jane Austen, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Mohandas Gandhi, John Lennon, Pablo Picasso, and even the author himself were like as children and young adults, and draw inspiration from their...

There's so much more to heat than hot and cold! How it moves, keeps us warm in the winter, and helps us cook our food is all part of this key science topic. Inside a colorful layout, the main text is written with struggling readers in mind, giving clear, concise explanations in understandable language to propel these readers to classroom success. Graphic organizers reinforce important topics for visual learners and those using the books as a "crash course" review of heat.

Construcción & Arquitectura, ofrece la posibilidad de descubrir, por un lado, el apasionante "arte de construir" un banco, una escalera de caracol, un columpio o un quiosco; y, por otro lado, el sorprendente "arte de proyectar y construir edificios", como una torre, una casa de ladrillos, un iglú o el skyline de toda una ciudad. Cada práctica consta de una breve introducción al ejercicio, una relación de los objetivos didácticos del trabajo, un listado de los materiales y herramientas necesarios, una descripción paso a paso de su realización y una curiosa respuesta a un ¿Sabías...