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

This Spanish-translated book will be a hit with both thrill seekers and with those who prefer to stay safely on the ground. After an introduction to Newton's three laws of motion, readers learn the mechanics of various amusement park rides including roller coasters, Ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds, and gravity rides. They learn how to measure motion, and how kinetic and potential energy apply to their favorite rides. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

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.

Where is your brain exactly? What does it do? Use your brain to read this engaging, Spanish-translated title and learn all about it!

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...

Now available in a Spanish language edition, this charming board book was originally published in English by Barron's in Spring 2003, titled My Own Human Body. It explains the human body in a series of words and pictures that are simplified for preschool boys and girls. The heavy board pages are die-cut in the shape of a smiling little boy. When kids lift the front cover, they remove his shirt and see the location of his heart. The text gives a simple explanation of how the heart pumps blood through the entire body. As kids turn successive pages, they observe the human body's interior and...

En su etapa de estudiante (finales del 1425 - comienzos del 1426), el humanista Antonio Beccadelli, el Panormita, compuso el Hermaphroditus, título que alude al contenido tanto heterosexual como homosexual de la obra. Es una obra poética de carácter festivo que toma como modelo a Marcial y a los Priapeos, en la que revela que sabía compaginar bien sus estudios con la diversión de la vida estudiantil. Beccadelli aspiraba a que su obra estuviera a la altura de estos modelos. Pero esto no valió para sus opositores. El papa Eugenio IV prohibió la lectura del Hermaphroditus y en varias...

Helps parents mitigate the drastic and often traumatic effects a divorce or parental separation has on children, from preschool age through the teens, by helping them open up frank and honest dialog geared to the child's specific age level, so that each child can cope with the natural feelings of loss, sadness, rejection, and abandonment that occur with such life-changing events.

Vicky, una joven ejecutiva bancaria de Santiago de Compostela, vive felizmente con su dudoso marido y triunfos en su vida profesional. Un día recibe una señal al descubrir una infidelidad que palpa sin querer y ve que su vida personal no iba por el sendero correcto y cambia radicalmente su adorada rutina. Entonces expulsa al ibicenco de su camino, aunque lo ve todos los días en su trabajo. Entre otras medidas, decide hacer el viaje que tenían programado y opta ir acompañada por otra persona. Así inicia un nuevo peregrinaje que jamás había pensado y no tiene en cuenta la orientación...