Culebras rayadas (Garter Snakes) (Spanish Version)

Readers will learn about one of their favorite farm animals--pigs! This title is informative--telling readers what pigs eat, what they look like, and how we use pig products every day. The text is very simple, which will reinforce early reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Description Packed with action and full of the vehicles kids love most, Big Movers is tons of fun! Young readers are there as a front loader scoops piles of gravel for a new roadway, a wrecking ball demolishes and old building, and more. A chunky, movable piece on each vehicle makes reading this book an interactive adventure.

This title covers the major drivers of the Latin American region’s economy, including exports of agricultural products, petroleum and minerals, and manufactured goods, along with the service and tourism industries. Despite recent improvements, the Latin American economy remains dependent on commodity exports to the West, presenting a challenge to the region’s long-term future. When used in the classroom, this resource provides readers with the tools they need to analyze concepts in economics and how they affect the countries of Latin America.

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

«Un acontecimiento terrible tuvo lugar durante la infancia de la bisabuela y las consecuencias se extienden a lo largo de generaciones. Es un libro sobre el impacto de los acontecimientos políticos y familiares, sobre la forma en que se transmiten los recuerdos, sobre cómo la Historia influye en las historias particulares.» Así define la galardonada escritora francocanadiense Nancy Huston su última novela, que además del Premio Femina 2006 obtuvo un enorme éxito en Francia con más de 400 mil ejemplares vendidos hasta la fecha. A través de los relatos de cuatro niños, desde la...