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.

Silenciosa y tímida, Marina es la cuarta de siete hermanos y siempre tiene la impresión de que en su casa no saben ni que existe. Un verano, su familia decide pasar las vacaciones en un pueblo remoto que, de tan tranquilo, es un completo aburrimiento. En ocasiones la vida ofrece una segunda oportunidad para superarse a si mismo. Una historia sobre el crecimiento personal y el valor para afrontar las dificultades de la vida.

What has a striped tail, red fur, and long, white whiskers? If you guessed a red panda, you're right! This book introduces early readers to a mystery animal by describing its features, one by one, using short simple sentences and eye-popping full-color photos. At the end of the book, the secret animal is revealed across a colorful, two-page spread. Young children will love showing off their beginning reading skills as they learn about this dazzling collection of wild and wonderful zoo animals--one clue at a time! Fast facts and habitat maps at the end of the book provide children with key...

For use in schools and libraries only. Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.

The author/poet imagines all of the things a child can do, and then speculates on the many vocations the child has the option of choosing.