¿Cómo está el tiempo? (What Is the Weather?)

Candles, kerosene lamps, electric lights, and flashlights are all things people have used throughout history to light up the night. Perfect for English language learners, this Spanish book makes it easy for parents and teachers to introduce STEAM and beginner science topics to their youngest learners. Created in collaboration with Smithsonian, this book uses real-world examples to make STEAM topics easier to understand. It features an age-appropriate STEAM activity that is ideal for makerspaces and introduces grade K students to the steps of the engineering design process. It helps beginning...

Do you think a snake would make a good pet? This fact-filled, Spanish-translated title uses bright, vivid images in conjunction with descriptive and informative language to let readers decide if they think these cold-blooded reptiles would make good pets. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

When people go to sleep, bats are just waking up. While young readers may recognize the image of bats in the night skies, where they live may be less familiar. This title takes readers inside bat roosts to uncover the fascinating facts about this creature. Readers will learn the basics of bat roosts—in caves and beyond—and how they help bats survive in the wild. The text also looks at bat’s appearance, behavior, and the crucial role they play in nature’s ecosystems—topics covered in most elementary science curricula. Diagrams, fact boxes, colorful images encourage learning.

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...

En 1902, recluido en su cottage del condado de Kent (Pent Farm), Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) consagró varios meses a rehacer y completar la novela Seraphina, que su amigo Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) acababa de terminar. Era una novela sobre piratas cubanos, comenzada en 1898. Conrad la transformó considerablemente y le cambió el título, apareciendo por fin en 1903 bajo el nombre de ambos. Dos años antes ya habían publicado otra experiencia mano a mano: la sorprendente novela The Inheritors, An Extravagant Story (Los herederos, 1901), y en 1923 volverían a publicar juntos The Nature of a...