Mecánicos (Mechanics)

Even as the world changes, skilled labor will always be needed. There's nothing quite like the ability to create things with your skills and your own hands. Carpenters use their skills to build things we use every day, including items such as furniture, buildings, and bridges. They read building plans, choose materials, design, and create. This book teaches kids that to become a carpenter, you have to use a lot more than a hammer and nails; you need your brain too. Photographs and diagrams enable readers to make key connections with the text.

Esta novela relata una historia real. Sucedió en 2011. La vivió Irina Lucidi. Esta novela aborda un dolor para el que muchos idiomas no tienen una palabra: «La palabra que falta. El progenitor que pierde a un hijo. No que lo mata: que lo pierde. ¿Cómo se llama, cómo se dice, quién es aquel a quien se le ha muerto un hijo? ¿Qué lugar ocupa en la historia? Falta la palabra, falta la palabra. Carencia, ausencia. ¿Quién la ha borrado?, ¿cuándo?, del diccionario italiano, francés, alemán, español, inglés. Y, además, ¿por qué?» Irina es una mujer de padre italiano y madre...

Describes the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels, including their planes, the formation and maneuvers of their air shows, and team member duties. Written in English and Spanish.

Animals have families, too. They have a mom and a dad. Each family member has a role. Find out about animal families. Paired to the fiction title A Trip to Grandma’s House.

Death Valley is one of the hottest and driest deserts of the world! Readers are taken on an adventure through Death Valley to learn about the plants and animals that survive in this dry, hot desert landscape in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Featuring vivid photographs, informational text, and riveting facts about desert ecology, readers will be fascinated from beginning to end!