Tiempo extremo (Extreme Weather)

What do churros, macarons, and strudel have in common? In order to bake them successfully, pastry chefs must use fractions! Students will learn comparing fractions while engaged in reading about delectable desserts from around the world. This Spanish book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts content. The glossary, index, and table of contents will further understanding of reading and math concepts, and the full-color images, practice problems, and math graphs and charts make learning math easy,...

La anciana tía Patente desea plantar un peral en su jardín. Pero cuando cava el hoyo, la pala choca contra un jarrón bastante rústico. Lo que ignora la buena señora es que el extraño dueño del jarrón desea recuperarlo. ¿Quién iba a decir que la tranquila vida de tía Patente se iba a complicar de esta manera? Una desternillante historia en la que se muestra que nunca es tarde para vivir emociones de nuevo.

Conocer las cosas cuando se estan formando, quiere decir comprenderlas mejor. Los elementos de esta transformaicon pueden verse en gran parte en este libro que Bruno Munari ha compilado, basandose en cincuenta lecciones por el profesadas en la Universidad de Harvard.

Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving--and troubled. She is a child living amidst the squalor of a boisterous home that is filled with noisy relatives and neighbors. Each day she is glued to the TV screen that blots out the painful realities of her existence and also illuminates the possibilities that lie ahead. But--click!--when the TV goes off, Sonia is taken back to real-life--the cramped, colorful world of her neighborhood and an...