Globos aerostáticos (Hot Air Balloons)

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.

This book really measures up! It provides historical background and details about how length, distance, volume, weight, and time were measured in the past. An introduction to many of the necessary terms for a better understanding of measurement, such as scale, perimeter, and ruler is provided along with detailed photos and images to help the readers better comprehend the overall concept of measurement.

A beautifully illustrated picture book takes young readers on a journey of discovery to find out what it would be like to go to the moon, as they fly into outer space, walk on the Moon, and take a look at our world from a very, very long way away.

This biography for new readers tells Pablo Picasso's story by describing the evolution of his art--from his Blue Period to his Rose Period to cubism. As a child in Spain, Picasso drew pigeons, bullfights, and guitars. When he left home, he painted people who were poor and lonely like he was. During his Rose Period in Paris, he painted happy pictures. Young readers can follow the most significant events of Picasso's life told in an engaging story format, as they're represented in his art.

¡Imagina ver a cientos de animales de la misma especie en un mismo lugar a un mismo tiempo! Aquí en Norte América, muchos animales se agrupan en grandes masas en tiempos y lugares previsibles. No todas las migraciones están ligadas a cambios de fuentes de alimento - algunas están ligadas a los cambios de ciclos de vida. Ciertas aves, reptiles, mamíferos, anfibios, peces e inclusive insectos, emigran durante la primavera, el verano, el otoño o el invierno. Viaja junto con ellos mientras aprendes qué es lo que hace que estos animales estén Avanzando...de aquí para allá.

Este libro explica a los más pequeños los fundamentos del arte rupestre, centrándose en las pinturas prehistóricas de la cueva de Altamira, en Cantabria, con un espléndido texto del divulgador científico Jorge Wagensberg y las ilustraciones de Munn.