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En el acuario (At the Aquarium) engages students in reading about aquariums as they learn how to calculate volume. Volume helps aquarium designers figure out everything from the shapes and sizes of tanks to how much water is needed to fill them. This nonfiction Spanish text includes mathematical charts to help students practice calculations. With a glossary, an index, and easy-to-read text, students will build their math and reading skills while they are engaged in reading high-interest content.

Why did the Civil War begin? Which states were part of the Union and which were part of the Confederacy? Readers will learn the answers to these questions and more as they move through this fascinating nonfiction Spanish-translated title. The easy-to-read informational text, engaging facts, and vivid images and illustrations help highlight some of the aspects that led up to the Civil War, including slavery, the Underground Railroad, abolitionists, the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The accessible table of contents works in conjunction with the...

Where did the sunflower come from? How does it grow so tall? How can its thin stalk support such a large and heavy head? These and many other questions are answered in this dazzling book. Using lushly detailed illustrations and photographs, the book takes us inside the sunflower to examine its stem, root system, leaves, and flowering heads, proving an understanding of this unique plant's structure, growth, flowering, reproduction, and cultivation.

«El fútbol nos sirve para enseñar valores a nuestros niños y jóvenes, que aprenden a jugar en equipo y a compartir responsabilidades y esfuerzos». De la introducción de Vicente del Bosque La vida es juego y el fútbol es amistad: esta es la idea que ¡Fútbol! Mucho más que un juego propone a sus jóvenes lectores. Con introducción de Vicente del Bosque e ilustraciones de María Pascual, en sus páginas descubriremos el origen y la evolución de un juego de pelota practicado ya por culturas ancestrales, que a principios del siglo XX se convirtió en el mayor espectáculo de masas...