La búsqueda de la velocidad: Los vehículos (The Quest for Speed: Vehicles) 6-Pack

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther.

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.

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source book focuses on the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade level. Packed with information and primary source maps, images, and...

Learn how a designer's sketch becomes the fashion we wear and how a designer uses math and geometry to make their designs successful in this fashion-filled book! Including information about the fashion industry, clothing fabrics, patterns, and textures, readers learn all about the different aspects of the fashion industry. With a glossary, index, vivid images, informational text, and interesting facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book with engage students from beginning to end.

The Earth is made up of shapes. The shapes make up landforms. Find out about all of Earth’s landforms. Paired to the fiction title A Long Car Ride.

These poems speak about the nature of the Chilean countryside, of its animals, its aromas, and its stars. These are verses that invite us to direct our gaze from the Earth to the sky, from the smallest things to the most magnificent. The rhymes and poems compiled in this anthology introduce children to the works of Gabriela Mistral, and allow them to enjoy this poetry that is "infused with heart" by the only female Latin American author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Poemas que hablan de la naturaleza propia del paisaje chileno, de sus animales, de sus aromas y de sus astros. Versos...

Chilean edition of the exhibition of Alfredo Jaar (b. Chile) in Sweden at the Fine Arts Museum of Lausanne from june to september of 2007. The present edition gathers the translations of the essays into Spanish. Contains an essay by Adriana Valdés.

Malala Yousafzai casi perdió la vida por querer ir a la escuela. Ella nació en el valle de Swat, en Pakistán, una región de extraordinaria belleza, codiciada en el pasado por conquistadores como Gengis Kan y Alejandro Magno y protegida por los bravos guerreros pastunes, los pueblos de las montañas. Fue habitada por reyes y reinas, príncipes y princesas, como en los cuentos de hadas. Malala creció entre los pasillos de la escuela de su padre, Ziauddin Yousafzai, y era una de las primeras alumnas de la clase. Cuando tenía diez años vio cómo su ciudad quedaba bajo el control de un...