Las cadenas alimentarias en la poza de marea (Tide Pool Food Chains)

Go for the goal with this text, which examines fascinating female sports heroes who’ve proved to the world that gender is no barrier to athletic success. Readers will delight in learning about the lives of Mia Hamm, Wilma Rudolph, and the Williams sisters, as well as other important women who’ve broken barriers in sports. Readers will be inspired to pursue a career in athletics after learning about how others have achieved success in spite of great obstacles. The biographical nature of the text supports social studies curricula, and fact boxes and a comprehensive timeline provide...

Este libro es producto de la ambición del reportero que no se conformó con la labor de consignar las noticias del día a día y comenzó a unir piezas para darle un sentido a esa realidad veracruzana que horroriza, impide mirarla de frente y pareciera escapar de toda lógica. Es un esfuerzo por mostrar el paisaje oculto de un hermoso estado que, de ser considerado un paraíso terrenal, se convirtió en sucursal del infierno. El libro está formado por un caleidoscopio de historias que echan lupa a los momentos considerados puntos de quiebre del sexenio duartista, aunque, en esa montaña...

Two books in one, this oversized volume shows readers the plants, root systems, insects, fossils, animals, mines, gems, minerals, and man-made wonders such as tunnels, subways, submarines, pipes, cables, and power lines that can be found underground or underwater in an unforgettable visual way. Each page takes you deeper and deeper under the waves or through layers of earth.

Why did the Civil War begin? Which states were part of the Union and which were part of the Confederacy? Readers will learn the answers to these questions and more as they move through this fascinating nonfiction Spanish-translated title. The easy-to-read informational text, engaging facts, and vivid images and illustrations help highlight some of the aspects that led up to the Civil War, including slavery, the Underground Railroad, abolitionists, the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The accessible table of contents works in conjunction with the...

A collection of words that turn into phrases, phrases that form verses, verses that make songs and songs that tell of adventures, jokes and mischief.