El rey de las octavas

¡Aprende con nosotros sobre los animales de América que están en peligro de extinción! Imagínate viajar desde Canadá hasta Michoacán... ¡volando sin avión! Cada año, la mariposa monarca busca la temperatura templada de los bosques mexicanos y emprende su viaje. Se calcula que cada noviembre llegan a los bosques de México alrededor de cien millones de mariposas monarca. ¿Sabías que las mariposas monarca que regresan a Canadá después de su largo viaje anual y su hibernación de cuatro meses en México son las bisnietas de las que iniciaron el viaje? Lee este libro para conocer...

Travel to the 22nd century in this captivating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title that allows readers to discover the future of space. Elementary readers will be fascinated with the possibilities that may await human life in the future. Readers will discover the technology that may be used to one day allow humans to live on another planet, new worlds, alien life, and artificial intelligence. Featuring vibrant photos, images, informational text, a glossary of terms, and a list of helpful websites for more explorations, children will be excited and enthralled as they move through this title....

Discover what it takes to be an Emergency Room doctor in this enlightening, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Readers learn about the hard work and dedication it takes to have a career as an ER doctor and what a typical day is like in the emergency room. From medical school to residency, medical symptoms to diagnosis, children will learn all about the steps it takes to get involved in this profession. This engaging title features vivid photos, helpful charts and diagrams, informational text, a glossary of terms, and an interview with a real-life ER doctor to delight, inform, and encourage...

Introduces the former Duke University basketball star, Grant Hill, who now plays for the Detroit Pistons.

Cynthia Ann Parkers family moved to Central Texas when she was about nine years old. A year later, a large force of Comanche warriors attacked Fort Parker and seized Cynthia Ann and four other captives. The other four were eventually released, but she lived among the Indians for 25 years, immersed in the Comanche way of life. Though given a number of opportunities to go back to her white family, she always chose her life with the Comanche, choosing instead to stay with her husband and children. She eventually returned to white society as an adult.