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.

In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. En este poético libro de memorias—ganador del premio Pura Belpré de autor, finalista del premio de YALSA de no ficción y premio de honor Walter Dean Myers—la aclamada autora Margarita Engle recrea su infancia, que transcurrió a caballo entre dos culturas durante la Guerra Fría. Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother’s tropical island...

Es un poemario donde se funde la racionalidad y la belleza en poemas. Que caen como un rayo electrificando el espíritu. Algunos tan ruidosos, otros livianos como una una hoja seca de otoño.

Diario de un gato (Yawmiyyat hirr, Beirut, 1998) nos cuenta sin estridencias la “normalidad” de la vida diaria de Beirut en plena guerra civil. Esa cotidianeidad se verá rota por un hecho puntual que obligará al protagonista, el mimado gato Ziko, a tomar una decisión que de modo irreversible cambiará su destino. La guerra, el refugio en edificios derruidos, las explosiones, las trincheras y los juegos de los niños en la calle recorren una historia llena de humanidad que pretende hacernos reflexionar sobre los errores del pasado para que no volvamos a cometerlos. Aunque escrita en...

Have you ever seen a skyscraper that is shaped like an elephant? How about one that looks like waves? Students will learn how to measure area while engaged in reading about the world's coolest skyscrapers! This Spanish book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of...