Dar las gracias (Giving Thanks)

This book uses intriguing primary sources to introduce students to the life of George Washington. The detailed, authentic images and simple, repetitive phrases will engage students in reading and build their social studies content knowledge. For use in the classroom or at home, this Spanish book includes a simple glossary and index to introduce informational text features to young readers and provide additional reading support.

Trabajadores de mi escuela (Workers at My School) builds critical literacy skills with this exciting Spanish-translated nonfiction reader. Engage students with fascinating content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Focusing on all the different people who work at a school, children will be introduced to different school employees. This informational text features simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, vivid photographs, and large font to encourage students to examine different types of school workers. Aligned with state standards, Trabajadores de mi...

Featuring TIME For Kids content, Mi fiesta de cumpleaños (My Birthday Party) teaches students the following math concepts: quantities, less than, greater than, and equal to. This Spanish text is aligned to standards and can be used in the classroom or at home. Young students will develop their math and oral language skills as they view the pictures to determine the appropriate quantities and use their own words to describe what is happening.

Describes jet-powered hydroplane boats, including information on their design and speed. Written in English and Spanish.

It is time to learn about living things! Can you spot which things are living? Can you tell which things are nonliving? With images that are easy to identify and clear, simple sentence structures, this Spanish science reader simplifies scientific concepts for young readers. A fun and easy science experiment and Your Turn! activity provide more in-depth opportunities for additional learning. Nonfiction text features include a glossary and an index. Engage young learners with this dynamic text!

En plena guerra fría, el joven Hugh Hefner crea la que pronto se convertiría en la revista para adultos 'Playboy'. Lo que el público desconoce es su pionera labor como artífice de las casas del placer - Playboy no era una revista de chicas con o sin bikini, sino un proyecto arquitectónico-mediático que tenía como objetivo desplazar la casa heterosexual como núcleo de consumo y reproducción proponiendo frente a ésta espacios destinados a la producción de placer y de capital. De la misma manera que la sociedad ilustrada creyó que la celda individual podía ser un enclave de...

Por fin llegaron las tan anheladas vacaciones y Florencia, junto a su familia, emprende un largo y accidentado viaje a la playa. Todo lo viven con entusiasmo, energía y buen humor. Hasta los problemas los viven con una sonrisa. Su mejor amigo llegará a visitarlos, y con él experimentarán una serie de aventuras e historias, cargadas de misterio y emoción. La más importante, la excursión a una lejana playa desierta, los hará pasar el gran susto de sus vidas, y reforzará los lazos que los unen.