En los juegos del parque (At the Playground)

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Mysterious events occur all over the world. It rains fish every year in Honduras, rocks in Pennsylvania make music, and large drawings can be found on the desert floors in Peru! In this Spanish-translated nonfiction book, readers will learn about these strange phenomena and more curiosities like ESP and crop circles in this baffling and fascinating nonfiction title. Vibrant images and intriguing facts in conjunction with a glossary of terms, informational text, and an index keep readers captivated from cover to cover!

Invite readers along on the preparations for a soccer tournament! With informational, Spanish-translated text, vibrant photos and charts, children are engaged from cover to cover while utilizing mathematical skills to increase understanding of all aspects of soccer, including sportsmanship and tournaments.

A young boy tries to help his younger brother, whose mind and body has become occupied by another boy, a young soldier in Saddam Hussein's army during the Persian Gulf War.

"Uses simple text and photographs to describe how to make and use pictographs--in both English and Spanish"--

Suggested age: 4 years old. Thirteen poems for the very young. As everyone knows, anything can happen in the world of poetry: the elephant has gray secrets, ships sail in a sea of sawdust, two saws dance tango together.

En este libro un autor y veinte ilustradores muestran con asombro que los objetos, en apariencia ya conocidos, no lo son tanto. Que ellos mismos tienen una vida propia, un pasado histórico y un simbolismo cultural. Cada objeto tiene una historia transcurrida y un porvenir continuo. Pero es raro que en cierto momento nos detengamos y preguntemos por tales orígenes y desarrollo de alguno de ellos. O alguien, mientras come, se ha cuestionado sobre quien inventaría el tenedor. Son preguntas que no surgen porque los objetos son ya tan comunes y han estado demasiado tiempo junto a nosotros, que...