Valientes plumíferos (Feathered and Fierce)

Young children are natural problem-solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves interesting animals. This Spanish-language edition of Fast and Flightless provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the animal lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.

Young children are natural problem-solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves interesting animals. This Spanish-language edition of Scaly Swimmers provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the animal lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.

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...

This compare-and-contrast text explains the technology we seldom feel we can go without; the phone, computer, and camera. Readers learn the difference between old and new versions of each. New vocabulary such as 'stationary' and 'portable' are introduced. A picture-word glossary is included.

Bajo la apariencia de un simple ladrón, un psicópata, un sicario o un tipo anónimo y gris que, llevado por sus demonios interiores, se ve abocado al crimen, puede apreciarse el decisivo rol que la figura del asesino ha tenido a lo largo de la historia del género negro hasta erigirse, como el detective o la clásica femme fatale, en protagonista habitual del mismo. El presente libro supone un acercamiento ameno y riguroso, desgranado por algunos de los mejores especialistas en la actualidad. Nombres como los de Jesús Palacios, Enrique Urbizu, Paco Camarasa, Juan Madrid o Amir Valle, entre ...

Trabajadores de mi escuela (Workers at My School) builds critical literacy skills with this exciting Spanish-translated nonfiction reader. Engage students with fascinating content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Focusing on all the different people who work at a school, children will be introduced to different school employees. This informational text features simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, vivid photographs, and large font to encourage students to examine different types of school workers. Aligned with state standards, Trabajadores de mi...