Ingeniería asombrosa: Rascacielos notables: Área (Engineering Marvels: Stand-Out Skyscrapers: Area)

Book Features: • Ages 4-8, Grades PreK-2 • 16 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches • Simple, patterned Spanish text with full-color pictures • Includes comprehension questions, writing prompts, and high frequency words • Graphic organizers and photo glossary included Dive Into Learning: In Listos para las Ciencias: Puedo Nadar, preschoolers—second graders learn about the different types of animals that can swim, just like you! Science Made Fun: Do you know how to swim? These animals can swim, too! Young readers learn about some of their favorite animals that can swim and even live in the...

California became a territory in the United States when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. That treaty ended the Mexican War. Several days before its signing, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in what is now Sacramento. The non-Native population of the territory was less than one thousand in 1848, but the gold rush increased that number to one hundred thousand by the end of 1849. The gold rush not only made many people wealthy, it brought ecologic devastation while speeding up California’s statehood. This book richly explores this interesting history.

Animal trainers care for many different types of animals! Children will explore some of the methods that trainers use, such as affection bonding and classical and operant conditioning, while simultaneously gaining an understanding of animal instincts and animal rehabilitation. Readers are invited to learn about the variety of animals that trainers work with and are encouraged to find an area of study to focus on if they want to become an animal trainer. With stunning images, interesting facts, a glossary of useful terms, informational text, and an interview with a real-life animal trainer,...

Charles Taylor es probablemente -junto a su amigo e interlocutor, Jürgen Habermas- uno de los filósofos más influyentes de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Ágil, vivaz y enérgico, su pensamiento forma parte de los grandes clásicos de la historia del pensamiento filosófico occidental. Su naturaleza comprometida -que le llevó a participar en la política quebequense en su juventud- y su significativa contribución -no siempre justamente comprendida- en el debate entre comunitarismo y liberalismo en la década de los noventa contribuyeron a que Taylor fuese identificando como uno de los...