La naturaleza de la materia (The Nature of Matter)

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Discover the world of mammals in this delightful nonfiction title! Readers will learn all about different mammals--from primates to marsupials, and rabbits to whales, even omnivores and herbivores. Featuring vivid photos and charts, clear text, and stimulating facts, this Spanish-translated book will have children eager to learn all they can about mammals!

Give students insight into the Industrial Revolution, how it influenced innovation and employment in the United States, and how it changed the lives of Americans at the beginning of the 20th century. With this nonfiction Spanish-translated book, readers will learn about assembly lines, patents, labor unions, child labor laws, labor unions, muckrakers, and immigrant and slave labor. Colorful images, supporting text, a glossary, and other features keep students engaged and help them better understand the content.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Did you know that most animals in the world don't have backbones? Learn more about invertebrates in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction book. Readers will learn all about mollusks, arthropods, arachnids, and crustaceans while being stimulated from cover to cover with its detailed images and charts, intriguing facts, and informative text.

Before there was the U.S. Constitution, there were the Articles of Confederation. Readers discover the story behind the first written constitution of the United States—from the factors that inspired its creation to the reasons why it was replaced. The detailed main text is enhanced by informative sidebars and graphic organizers. Historical images, including relevant primary sources, allow readers to immerse themselves in this historical period. Readers are given the chance to thoroughly examine elements of the original document, making them feel like true historians. They’re sure to enjoy ...

In what ways are the branches of government like a basketball game? How can a school yard game's rules liken themselves to a constitution? Through engaging analogies and introductions, our new Spanish-language government series gets English language learners ready for election 2008. Correlated to the fourth and fifth grade social studies curriculum, My American Government introduces students to how our government works. Students learn about the U.S. Constitution, the branches of government, citizens' basic rights, and how we elect our leaders.

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

La familia de Candela está compuesta por seis hermanas, la madre, la abuela y la tía Mary, inmersas todas ellas en una realidad cotidiana de ilusiones perdidas. Para escapar de esa realidad, Candela empieza a trabajar en una funeraria. Su vida da un giro la noche que tiene que embalsamar al patriarca de una familia gitana y se dispone a cumplir con la última voluntad del difunto.