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,...

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

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...

Ante la importancia de la educación como base de la competitividad en una economía basada en el conocimiento, las universidades han incrementado su atención en la calidad de sus programas de doctorado. Sin embargo, se aprecia que aún son escasas las instituciones educativas que tienen en su programa, una asignatura destinada a cómo escribir y publicar una tesis doctoral. Este libro es el resultado de varios años de experiencia en supervisión de tesis doctorales en programas de diversas universidades. Los contenidos y la estructuración de los mismos han sido contrastados con alumnos y...

La infancia y los primeros pasos en el mundo de la música de seis compositores geniales, contadas con sensibilidad y acompañadas de dibujos y fotografías. Un recorrido lúdico a través de su música y un CD por libro con la narración del texto y algunos fragmentos musicales de las obras más célebres de estos compositores.

Recounts the life of Cuban violinist Claudio José Domingo Brindis de Salas, a black child who was born free and began his career as a musical prodigy to become a noted concert musician in Paris, while slavery still existed on the island.

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...