Arte y cultura: Arte abstracto: Líneas, semirrectas y ángulos (Art and Culture: Abstract Art: Lines, Rays, and Angles)

Gorillas, wolves, chickens, and kangaroos. It might not seem obvious at first, but these species all have something in common: their individual members must all find their places within their groups. These power struggles can be dangerous! Read about the fierce world of animal alphas and how they make it to the top. This Spanish nonfiction book will keep students engaged in reading as they build their literacy, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents. The Reader's Guide and culminating activity require students to connect...

Bacteria have a slimy reputation. They're too small to see with the human eye, so it's easy to let them slip past unnoticed. But, bacteria are part of our daily lives. In fact, they affect everything from milk to our moods. Get ready to zoom in on the hidden world of bacteria and explore the many ways that bacteria are being used in the modern world. This nonfiction reader seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach multiplication of mixed numbers. Text features include images, a glossary, an index, captions, and a table of contents to build...

Students will learn all about geometric shapes while engaged in reading about Greek Gods and Goddesses, mythology, and the constellations. This Spanish book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their...

Tackle today’s toughest races while learning fractions! Marvel as contestants around the world climb, crawl, run, and jump through the world’s toughest marathons and obstacle courses. This Spanish book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts content. Students will learn fractions while engaged in reading high-interest content. The glossary, index, and table of contents will further understanding of reading and math concepts, and the full-color images, practice problems, and math graphs and charts...

One night, a renowned and now retired literary publisher has a vivid dream that takes place in Dublin, a city he's never visited. The central scene of the dream is a funeral in the era of Ulysses. The publisher would give anything to know if an unidentified character in his dream is the great author he always wanted to meet, or the ghostly angel who abandoned him during childhood. As the days go by, he will come to understand that his vision of the end of an era was prophetic.

A nueva aventura de la detective más sofisticada de los años veinte que ha conquistado a los lectores de medio mundo. Sin perder ni un ápice de su inimitable estilo, la siempre intrépida y sugerente Phryne Fisher vuela aún más alto en esta segunda entrega. Encantada con su nuevo papel de investigadora privada, Phryne hará lo imposible por desbaratar los planes de unos siniestros secuestradores o por evitar las consecuencias de un tenso enfrentamiento familiar, todo mientras planifica su intensa vida amorosa o invita a cenar a una amiga en el lujoso hotel Windsor, por supuesto. Ya sea...

Muelle fue el primer grafitero de Madrid, una leyenda para todo el que pertenezca al mundillo del grafiti, que desafió a las autoridades atreviéndose a plasmar su inconfundible firma registrada incluso en la estatua del Oso y el Madroño. Spirit lo conoció. Por eso Luis, el protagonista de esta novela, le admira y quiere aprender de él. Aunque no pinte bien. Aunque a la chica que le gusta no le interesen los grafitis. Aunque al final la rivalidad entre pandas lo ensucie todo. Aunque el destino le tenga preparadas otras historias que ni se imagina.

Pocos escritores han tenido una vida tan paradójica como H.P. Lovecraft, el excéntrico y solitario «escritor de espantos» de Providence, considerado por todos como el gran maestro del horror sobrenatural. Sin embargo, Lovecraft murió en el más completo anonimato, sin haber visto editado en vida un volumen de sus narraciones. Fue un misántropo incurable, y sin embargo era apreciado por todos los que le conocieron y se vio rodeado por un círculo de fieles admiradores que lucharon denodadamente para rescatar su obra del olvido. Fue un gran materialista científico enfangado en...