¡Todos a bordo! Cómo funcionan los trenes (All Aboard! How Trains Work) (Spanish Version)

Climb aboard for a journey into the world of trains! In this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title, readers learn about the history of trains, the different uses for them, and the different types and parts including freight cars, box cars, passenger cars, and the caboose. With detailed photos, informative text, and intriguing facts, this book will have readers delighted from cover to cover!

Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? Students will be engaged as they analyze this beloved children's story about a boy and his dog. This instructional guide for literature provides engaging activities in Spanish that incorporate these research-based literacy skills: close reading tasks; text-based vocabulary practice; cross-curricular activities; text-dependent questions; reader response writing prompts; leveled comprehension questions; story elements comprehension tasks. Strengthen English language learners' literacy skills by...

Take a trip to New Orleans with a young girl and her family as they attend one of the world's biggest parties: Mardi Gras! Learn all about the history of this fascinating festival as you practice subtraction strategies. This Spanish math book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, engaging sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning subtraction strategies relevant and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading...

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. Students will learn about the culture, history, and distinctive features of the Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche, Pawnee, Osage, Omaha, and Crow tribes. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade level. ...

"Cuando se encuentran en Nueva York en 1925, Henry Murray es un ambicioso médico de Harvard, casado con una rica heredera de Boston, y Christiana Morgan una tormentosa estudiante de arte, esposa de un veterano de guerra. Atraídos por una fuerza que los sobrepasa, los dos viajan a Suiza para ser analizados por Carl Gustav Jung, quien sumerge a Christiana en profundos estados de trance. Las visiones de la joven, fielmente dibujadas en sus cuadernos, se convertirán en el punto de partida de un experimento en busca del amor absoluto que se prolongará durante los siguientes cuarenta y dos...

“Venciendo al Destino”, la impactante historia de la vida real de Henry Nelson, contada desde su nacimiento hasta la actualidad. La desgarradora novela de un niño huérfano, que se convierte en un gran cantautor y músico, poeta y soñador que le canta al amor. No solo conocerán al artista quien apostó su vida al mundo para lograr sus sueños, sino que en el transcurso de la historia aprenderán del ser humano a través de sus vivencias, colmadas de carencia, dificultades y sufrimientos, que la vida le asignó desde su infancia, negándole la posibilidad de crecer junto a sus padres....

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...

If a person were ever face-to-face with a huge, hungry animal with sharp teeth, they probably wouldn’t care exactly what that animal was! But from a safe location, can we tell whether it was a crocodile or alligator that wanted to take a bite? By examining their jaw structure, teeth, and other physical features, we can easily tell these two animals apart! Graphic organizers and amazing images highlight each animal’s habitat and other small differences between the two fearsome creatures, showing readers just what creature is lurking below the waters.