Travesuras en el edificio

Alfredo Ortega sabe que el oficio de un escritor es mostrarnos nuestra realidad humana a través de los personajes que protagonizan las historias. Ellos nos revelan mucho de lo que somos, de lo que anhelamos; también de lo que nos hace soñar, sufrir, imaginar. La Bruja contiene seis cuentos muy distintos entre sí,en especial por la estructura narrativa, los temas y los espacios donde se desarrollan las historias. Sin embargo, los une un tono que linda en la nostalgia, el abandono, la tristeza, los recuerdos, la esperanza. A pesar de que los cuentos de este libro son de largo aliento, la...

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.

Read about the kinds of jobs that people do as engineers, and how they use math, science, and creative thinking to solve problems.

In an online world where the amount of information seems to increase exponentially even week to week, student researchers can find it an ever-greater challenge to distinguish credible, vetted content from hearsay and misinformation. This book on citing internet sources will help them determine which online sources are trustworthy and which are not. Its lively and engaging instructional tips will help readers successfully negotiate the vast landscape of information out there. They will produce quality research for papers now and beyond in their academic careers with skill and confidence.

The use of calendars dates back thousands of years. Why are we driven to record time, and what would happen if we did not? Who created the concept of calendars? Why do different cultures use different calendar systems? And why are calendars so important to us? It is about "time" we found out! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish-translated Smithsonian Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students' curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, it features a hands-on STEAM challenge...