Voluntarios Al Rescate

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...

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

La muy interesante historia del bribón español Pedro Chamijo, “el falso Inca”, toma en la pluma de Roberto Payró un simpático tono que no por eso oculta por completo la tragedia que para las tribus nativas sudamericanas representaron la ignorancia y brutalidad de los conquistadores españoles, sumada a su propia torpeza política. Escrita con agilidad y humor, esta es la historia acerca de la leyenda del Gran Paitití, el Gran Padre Blanco custodio de la ciudad creada por los Incas para refugio contra los extranjeros, que según antiguas tradiciones se apoderarían del país, y su rol ...

Mateo Chamero es un niño obeso de ocho años al que su madre quiere obligar a adelgazar. Su compañera de pupitre, Ana, está muy enferma. Mateo quiere ayudarla, pero no sabe cómo. ¿Encontrará el modo de hacerlo? Una estupenda historia que resalta los valores de la amistad y la superación de dificultades.

There is growing concern over how we behave and interact online, from fighting, incivility, rudeness, and even criminal behaviors like cyberbullying, to simply adapting old forms of etiquette to a new landscape. This book, updated from an earlier resource, provides younger readers an introduction to this timely topic, a subject that they are both engaged in forming themselves as "digital natives," and one they also often require guidance in. It informs readers about the polite and productive use of social media networks and mobile platforms and discusses pressing issues of etiquette within...

En esta obra, el autor ha puesto gran empeño en aportar datos inéditos sobre la vida de Arthur Nicolaier, y ha tratado de rescatar, para los profesionales de la salud y para el público en general, la figura, casi desconocida, de este médico alemán, que, a los 22 años, pasó a la historia de la medicina por descubrir el agente productor del tétanos.