Globos aerostáticos (Hot Air Balloons)

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.

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.

La adquisición de conocimientos e información nos puede significar la diferencia entre el éxito y el fracaso. La falta de conocimientos puede ser y lo es, costoso, doloroso e incluso fátal. Este libro ha sido diseñado especialmente para aquellas personas que por una u otra razón han tenido que dejar a su pais de origen e inmigrar a este maravilloso país: “ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA”. El contenido de este libro está basado en la búsqueda de información en diferentes medios de comunicación y experiencia propia. No debe ser tomado como una asesoría legal. Yo, como inmigrante,...

What does masculinity or being a boy mean in this society? If you are a boy, or ever were, The Golden Book of Boys contains words and images that will help you remember how powerful you are, but powerful in a different way than you may have been told until now... It is a book against the tide. A strange book. A journey back to how wonderful you are. A book that invites you to respect yourself, to obey yourself and to be yourself (something that nobody usually tells us). Maybe it will help you to remember how wonderfully vulnerable you are and to heal old wounds.

If you look close enough, a butterfly can grow up right before your eyes. Through the use of accessible text, readers take an exciting look at the journey butterflies make. A picture glossary helps beginning readers strengthen their vocabulary skills, and vibrant, full-color photographs show caterpillars grow to adulthood, taking flight to travel around the world.

El autor comparte sus ideas en torno a una serie de asuntos neurálgicos relativos a los mecanismos con los que se construye hoy la ficción: ¿qué significa representar?, la sinceridad, la violencia, la memoria, el humor, la fascinación del mal, el cuidado, o bien, qué incomoda más ¿la poesía o el documento? Reflexiones y preocupaciones presentadas en capítulos que pueden ser leídos en secuencia o en el orden que se prefiera y que traza así un relato crítico de la historia de las artes escénicas, la literatura y el cine a partir de la obra de creadores como Roberto Bolaño,...