Voluntarios Al Rescate

Learn how to help others in your community. This exciting Spanish nonfiction book describes the many ways that volunteers make a difference, from cleaning up parks to helping in food banks. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a short fiction stor

Take a trip to the British Museum as you explore its fascinating objects and geometric shapes! This famous London museum was built for exploration - and for learning geometry. Learn about its history and artifacts as you build your geometry skills. This Spanish math book seamlessly integrates the teaching of math and reading, and uses real-world examples to teach math concepts. Text features include images, a glossary, an index, captions, and a table of contents to build students' vocabulary and reading comprehension skills as they interact with the text. The rigorous practice problems,...

Rain, sunshine, warm fronts, and cold fronts. Have you ever listened to a weather report? Knowing the weather can help us plan ahead. But reporters aren’t the only ones who can track weather. You can, too! This nonfiction Spanish book explores the subject of meteorology in depth, and introduces students to important scientific concepts and vocabulary like anemometer, barometer, air pressure, warm front, cold front, rain gauge, probability, Celsius, Fahrenheit, and more. The colorful images, diagrams, sidebars, and text features will keep students connected to the text. Aligned to state and...

Expressive language by the Mexican ballerina, choreographer, and teacher explores what she calls the "poetry of images" in Puebla--a classical ballet and an interpretative modern dance with multiple people forming a slithering snake across the stage--accompanied by a series of stunning black and white photographs that capture the variety of expression and the fluid grace of the dancers.

Guía ilustrada de los cielos, los infiernos y las tierras de los muertos que han imaginado a lo largo de la historia las distintas culturas y religiones de todo el mundo: mapas, pinturas y relatos para realizar un fascinante recorrido por la geografía, la historia y los seres sobrenaturales que pueblan los distintos mundos del más allá. Ya se trate de los trece cielos aztecas, del inframundo taoísta chino de los "fantasmas hambrientos" o del "infierno del gallo llameante" de la mitología budista japonesa, se reúne una gran variedad de creencias y representaciones sobre la vida después ...

Simple text and photographs show how common shapes can be put together to create new and different ones.

Un estudio riguroso del arte erótico japonés desde mediados del siglo XVII hasta finales del XIX, el denominado periodo ukiyo-e. Una recopilación cronológica de artistas que incluye figuras de la talla de Utamaro, Hokusai, Harunobu, Kunisada y Kuniyoshi, entre muchos otros. Profusamente ilustrado con más de 350 imágenes de grabados en bloques de madera, rollos de pergamino y pinturas, este libro es una referencia imprescindible del arte erótico ukiyo-e. Con un diseño marcadamente moderno que potencia la exquisita calidad de esta edición, cada ejemplar incluye una lámina de regalo de ...