La Revolución de Texas: La lucha por la independencia (The Texas Revolution: Fighting for Independence)

Teach students the significance of the capital of the United States, Washington, DC. This Spanish-translated nonfiction book introduces readers to important buildings and monuments in Washington, DC, and helps students understand the city's importance and connection to American history. Primary source images and supporting text work together to engage young learners from cover to cover.

Rights are things that make life fair for everyone. But sometimes people are treated unfairly. When this happens, we have to stand up for what is right. We have to become civil rights champions! This Spanish nonfiction book will teach students about civil rights, and introduces them to new vocabulary terms and concepts. Important text features include a glossary, index, and table of contents to engage students in reading as they develop their comprehension, vocabulary, and literacy skills. The Reader's Guide and culminating activity require students to connect back to the text as they develop ...

En una fría mañana de invierno, aparece el cadáver de un hombre colgando de una de las puertas de la muralla de Visby, en la isla de Gotland. Se trata de Egon Wallin, un reputado galerista. Descartada la hipótesis del suicidio, el comisario Anders Knutas debe, una vez más, dejar de lado sus problemas personales para centrarse en este enigmático crimen. Anders Knutas no tarda en descubrir que la esposa del fallecido tenía un amante y que la pareja no atravesaba su mejor momento. Es ella quien pone al policía sobre una valiosa pista al descubrir en su desván diversos cuadros robados de ...

"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Nicaragua"--

Mediante explicaciones, mapas, fotografías, y enlaces a sitios de Internet, los lectores de este libro pueden llegar a conocer la geografía del mundo y las costumbres de las gentes que lo habitan.

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...