En el juego: La vida de un atleta (In the Game: An Athlete's Life) 6-Pack

This nonfiction Spanish-translated reader gives children an in-depth look at what a career as a police officer is like. Readers will learn about various aspects of life as a police officer--from being accepted into the academy to keeping streets safe. Readers will learn what a typical day in the police academy is like as well as a day in the field as an officer. Through helpful charts and diagrams and colorful images in conjunction with informational text and stunning facts, readers discover important aspects of keeping communities safe, including what's inside the patrol car, K-9 units,...

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Discover what it takes to be an Emergency Room doctor in this enlightening, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Readers learn about the hard work and dedication it takes to have a career as an ER doctor and what a typical day is like in the emergency room. From medical school to residency, medical symptoms to diagnosis, children will learn all about the steps it takes to get involved in this profession. This engaging title features vivid photos, helpful charts and diagrams, informational text, a glossary of terms, and an interview with a real life ER doctor to...

Think you'd like to be a fire fighter? Learn about the special equipment fire fighters use, their role in community safety, and their lives at the station. This book features a comprehensive timeline of the history of firefighting from its origins in ancient Rome through firefighting practices of today plus vocabulary related to fire fighters and fire safety.

El arte del plegado de papel japonés se adapta a los niños para fomentar su habilidad manual y visión espacial, presentando un manual práctico y divertido donde se enseña a confeccionar 17 figuras según el grado de dificultad, con un paso a paso ilustrado muy fácil de seguir. Figuras como el pingüino, la mariposa, el caballo, la rana o el elefante, que, además, vienen acompañadas de una ficha sobre cada animal, aprendiendo al mismo tiempo ciencias naturales sin darse cuenta.

Sisters in Blue tells the story of two young women--one Spanish, one Puebloan--meeting across space and time. Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda, New Mexico's famous Lady in Blue, is said to have traveled to New Mexico in the seventeenth century. Here Anna M. Nogar and Enrique R. Lamadrid bring her to life, imagining an encounter between a Pueblo woman and Sor María during the nun's mystical spiritual journeys. Tales of Sor María, who described traveling across the earth and the heavens, have traditionally presented her as an evangelist who helped bring Catholicism to the Pueblos. Instead this ...

[Poema de tema mitológico compuesto por Kā.lidā.sa (400 d.C.). narra la historia de amor entre Ś.iva y Pā.rvatī., reflejando también la cultura de la India clásica.] Traducción con introducción y notas del Kumarasambhava (El origen de Kumara), poema épico-lírico de temática mitológica, compuesto por Kalidasa (hacia 400 d.C.), el más celebrado autor en sánscrito clásico. El hilo conductor de la narración -la historia de amor entre Siva y Parvati- aparece subordinado a la ornamentación y el virtuosismo formal. en las 641 estrofas se ven reflejados múltiples aspectos de la...

En El fascinante mundo de... las aves rapaces descubrirás la rápida garra acuática del águila pescadora o la alucinante caída en picado, a 200 km por hora, del halcón peregrino en busca de su presa. Verás el preciso planear del buitre oteando la carroña o te sorprenderás de la habilidad del alimoche cuando utiliza una herramienta para conseguir su comida... y muchas cosas más sobre su fascinante mundo.