¿Qué significa ser programador? (What's It Really Like to Be a Coder?)

Even as the world changes, skilled labor will always be needed. There's nothing quite like the ability to create things with your skills and your own hands. Carpenters use their skills to build things we use every day, including items such as furniture, buildings, and bridges. They read building plans, choose materials, design, and create. This book teaches kids that to become a carpenter, you have to use a lot more than a hammer and nails; you need your brain too. Photographs and diagrams enable readers to make key connections with the text.

If it were possible to shrink down and take a tour of a human body, would you want to go? Readers will get that chance when they explore the body of a guy named Marty, who will let them check out the body systems that keep his heart beating and his body moving every day. With the help of a tiny ship that goes through his ears and all the way through his digestive system, readers will learn exactly what they are made of with this great book.

Meaning "River of the Colorful Birds," Uruguay is a small country in South America that is covered by crisscrossing rivers and lush hills. Home to approximately 3.5 million people, the country is often regarded as the most stable and prosperous country in Central and South America. Uruguay produces 95 percent of its electricity from renewable energy and is known as one of the most socially progressive nations in the world. Allow your readers to learn more about Uruguay's unique culture through this informative book, which features engaging sidebars and vibrant photographs.

Este libro bilingüe (español/quechua) relata la vida y obra del maestro de arte tradicional Julio Gálvez, reconocido como personaje meritorio de la cultura peruana por su experticia en el tallado del alabastro o piedra de Huamanga, patrimonio cultural de la nación. "Julio era observador. Le gustaba admirar el lugar de trabajo de los artistas ayacuchanos y como ellos, con mucha paciencia y presión, iban tallando la piedra hasta formar hermosas esculturas. Nos lo cuenta la autora como lo haría su maestra de primaria o una amiguita de Julio, y, gracias a ella, conocemos los orígenes, la...

Little readers will learn the essentials of the United States Marine Corps (how the Marine Corps keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text. Readers will love the exciting full-bleed photographs, bolded glossary terms, and More Facts section. Translated by native Spanish speakers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

El ya mítico incendio del Liceu barcelonés de 1994 es una imagen grabada en la mente de todos los españoles. Y su causa última siempre ha sido un misterio? una chispa que encendió eltelón? Experimento Barcelona explica de qué manera el incendio fue realmente un experimento ideado por la sociedad secreta italiana La Corporación para comprobar que, llegado el caso, podría llevarse a cabo también en la Fenice. El objetivo era que Forza Italia, el nuevo partido político llamado a sustituir a la vieja Democracia Cristiana, lograra imponerse en el norte del país. La Corporación creía...