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Think you'd like to be a fire fighter? Learn about the special equipment fire fighters use, their role in community safety, and their lives at the station. This book features a comprehensive timeline of the history of firefighting from its origins in ancient Rome through firefighting practices of today plus vocabulary related to fire fighters and fire safety.

This nonfiction Spanish-translated reader gives children an in-depth look at what a career as a police officer is like. Readers will learn about various aspects of life as a police officer--from being accepted into the academy to keeping streets safe. Readers will learn what a typical day in the police academy is like as well as a day in the field as an officer. Through helpful charts and diagrams and colorful images in conjunction with informational text and stunning facts, readers discover important aspects of keeping communities safe, including what's inside the patrol car, K-9 units,...

Integrate science, history, and math into literacy lessons with these high-interest, Spanish-translated books. Topics such as space exploration, endangered animals and money management are designed to engage and inform students. Sophisticated graphics, interactive text features promote critical thinking hand help students build vocabulary and increase visual literacy skills.

¿Te apuntas a conocer el lado más animal de la historia? ¿Sabías que uno de los actores más famosos fue un perro? ¿O que las composiciones más populares de Mozart las inspiró un pajarito? ¿Y que hay un coronel en el ejército noruego que es, en realidad, un pingüino? En este libro descubrirás las historias reales de un montón de criaturas, peludas, de plumas y con escamas, que nos sorprendieron salvando vidas, creando obras de arte o porque cambiaron el rumbo de la humanidad. En definitiva, nos ayudaron a hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

Mysterious ancient ruins, hidden deep in the jungle of southern Mexico In May 1840, explorers John Stephens and Frederick Catherwood road their mules along a steep, muddy jungle path. They were hoping to find the ruins of an ancient, deserted site in Mexico they knew only from visitors’ accounts. Through the trees, they spied the remains of a crumbling stone palace. Palenque! In the weeks they spent there, the men discovered intricately designed buildings and mysterious glyphs, or symbols. Who built this city? What did the glyphs mean? The questions remained largely unanswered until the...

As a land that’s constantly in flux, Earth sometimes reveals clues about the plants, animals, and other organisms that lived long ago. Fossils teach us much about what life was like millions of years ago, answering the questions of how Earth changed and maybe even why it changed. This essential Earth science topic is thoroughly explained through manageable text, fact boxes, informational charts and diagrams, and a glossary and index. Readers will become young Earth detectives by the time they’re through with this text!

Elegante e ilustrada, esta monografía narra la historia del innovador diseñador Christian Dior y la casa de moda que fundó. El estilo único de Dior combinó habilidades artesanales tradicionales de la casa de moda francesa (sastrería y adornos intrincados) con una sensibilidad contemporánea. La historia de los primeros años de vida de Dior, los inicios de la marca, los triunfos de las colecciones de alta costura en la pasarela y la alfombra roja, y el viaje de la marca tras la muerte de su fundador. El espectacular ascenso de Christian Dior a las altas esferas del mundo de la moda...