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.

Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein--but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life, told in a fun, engaging way that clearly explores the world he lived in and changed.

Voces ancestrales, campesinas, cefeticultoras, constructoras de identidad colectiva transgeneracional en Veracruz hablan de su combativa vida común en torno a agrupaciones políticas, instituciones extintas del Estado mexicano (INMECAFE), movilizaciones sociales de los ochenta del pasado siglo XX, el desarrollo comunitario, el aprendizaje y reforzamiento de conocimientos locales diversos. Episodios de tres municipios narrados históricamente en colectividad subjetiva: Ixhuatlán del Café, Cosautlán de Carvajal y Amatlán de los Reyes. Relatos micro y macro de VIDA A.C. y su transformar las ...

Lentas aguas estivales pasan ante los ojos de quien la tímida orilla pasea. Entretanto, barcas, hojas tiernas, alguna flor, la mano abandonada de un navegante, surcan el río. Efímeras ondas aparecen. Y así, el Támesis, en la plácida tarde, sostiene sin descanso la esperanza.

Knowing when to say we're sorry means knowing when we've hurt someone, whether it was intentional or not. This is not always easy to do, especially for children. This book presents readers with a variety of relatable scenarios in which young people recognize the need for an apology. Readers follow Louis as he shares an embarrassing secret about Aaron with his other classmates, who make fun of Aaron. Louis feels bad for sharing Aaron's secret. What can he do? Each colorful spread presents a different real-life situation that will instill in readers the importance of knowing when to say, "I'm...