Helen Keller

Young readers will be inspired by this biography about the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. The appealing images, helpful text, and supportive timeline, glossary, table of contents, and index combine to create an engaging experience as readers learn about one of the greatest female pilots of all time. This 6-Pack has been translated into Spanish and includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Anne Frank's diary has become one of the most widely read books in the world. Readers will learn about Anne as she went into hiding from the Nazi Party in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through vibrant images, informational text, timelines, and a glossary of terms, readers will discover the hardships Anne and her family went through in order to avoid being sent to a concentration camp. This inspiring biography enables children to look up to Anne and find hope in every situation, just as she did.

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.

Científico, pintor, médico y naturalista, las "Cartas sobre la pintura de paisaje" de Carus desbordan los límites de una canónica artística al uso y nos sitúan en el centro de la concepción románica de la naturaleza. No sólo porque exponen con precisión -no exenta de los recursos retóricos de época- las ideas centrales del paisajismo romántico de la primera mitad del siglo XVIII, también porque establecen con nitidez la relación entre arte, estética y ciencia, y , en todos los casos, la relación del hombre con la naturaleza. En palabras de Carus: =por ellas y mediante ellas...

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.

Readers are given helpful information about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, including narcotics, hallucinogens, and prescription medications in this Spanish-translated nonfiction book. Through detailed images, diagrams, informational text, an index, a glossary of terms, and a list of websites that provide additional information, readers are given the tools and information they need to educate themselves about addiction, drug abuse, the health and social issues that drugs and alcohol can cause, and how to say no to peer pressure.

En 1827, veintitrés años después de la muerte del gran filósofo alemán, apareció en Blackwood’s Magazine el texto Los últimos días de Emmanuel Kant, de Thomas De Quincey, como parte de una serie titulada Galería de clásicos de la prosa alemana, y con el paso del tiempo este pequeño ensayo se ha convertido en una joya literaria con una peculiar fuerza de atracción, pues con razón se ha considerado a De Quincey el mejor prosista inglés del siglo XIX. Tres son los personajes principales con los que se topa el lector en este estudio biográfico: uno de ellos es, indudablemente,...