Las naciones indigenas de California (California's Indian Nations)

Learn how engineers are racing to save the city of Venice from sinking and flooding. This Spanish STEAM reader features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to teach problem solving.

This nonfiction book explores the history, culture, customs, and beliefs of California's American Indian tribes including the Chumash, Tongva, Hupa, Yokuts, Quechan, and Coso tribes. Detailed primary source images in conjunction with Spanish text provide 3rd grade students with an inviting reading and learning experience as they build their social studies knowledge. This book includes basic informational text features including a glossary, an index, table of contents, and reader's guide. Students will be intrigued by Native American history with this fascinating nonfiction Spanish book.

Imagine a city with no cars or streets and where people ride boats to get around. This place is Venice, Italy. Built on a lagoon, Venice is in trouble. The city is sinking, and engineers are racing to save it before it is too late. Learn about the efforts to save Venice from the sea. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish STEAM book will ignite a curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for makerspaces and that guides students step-by-step through the engineering design process. Make STEAM ...

Most people use maps every day. But imagine a time when a map of a place didn’t exist. Without a map, how would you get there? How would you know how to get around? Navigate through history as you learn the art, science, history, and importance of making maps. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish STEAM book will ignite a curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for makerspaces and that guides students step-by-step through the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections...

Esta obra de Miguel de Unamuno es uno de los ejemplos clásicos más eminentes de la novela moderna. La ficción deja aquí de ser un puro vehículo narrativo, transmisor de historias, para convertirse en un universo textual de fecundas sugerencias. Unamuno cuenta de manera extraña su historia, inventando su nuevo género narrativo, la “nivola”, donde los personajes hablan en monólogos propios durante la obra. Agregando extraños sucesos literarios (como el encuentro del personaje con su creador o el monólogo del mismo perro) convierten este libro en un tesoro literario. El título,...

Addresses questions kids often wonder about, where there is usually no simple answer, offering different theories and opinions with examples and comparisons.

Take a trip to the city and practice addition! This charming title follows the story of a family who visits the city for the day, discovering how many ways addition and early STEM skills are a part of transportation and daily life. Students will add ticket prices, travel times, passengers, taxis, and more! Vibrant images, fun practice problems, and helpful mathematical charts help young readers practice addition and early STEM themes. This book makes addition fun and encourages children to see what they can add in their daily lives!

El libro que usted tiene en sus manos (...) está atravesado por la muerte. Todos los hombres nos mecemos entre esta vida y la otra, cuando zozobramos a bordo de un avión viejo y descubrimos que somos "ateos de tierra firme". O cuando los paramilitares nos dejan libres al admitir que somos los 'payasos' del teatro del pueblo. O cuando, de bien niños, nos pasmamos ante la lucha a muerte de nuestros dos hermanos con sendas muchachas en el catre del amor". Arturo Guerrero "Con El hombre que se mece, Jaime Fernández Molano enfrenta un reto adicional: el de aprehender la realidad en cápsulas...