La carrera para colonizar el Nuevo Mundo (Racing to Colonize the New World)

What does the phrase "once in a blue moon" refer to? What is the difference between a waning gibbous moon and a waning crescent moon? What is the atmosphere on the Moon like? How does the Moon create tides? Students will learn the answers to these questions and more as they read all about the Moon! This nonfiction Spanish book introduces students to important scientific concepts and vocabulary as they are engaged in reading. The colorful images, diagrams, sidebars, and text features will keep students connected to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the fun lab activity...

When people think of soft things, they immediately conjure up images of furry bunnies and similarly textured animals and objects. This inviting book helps young readers to do the same, as learning about textures is an important tenet of the early elementary curriculum. Carefully selected photographs of soft objects make the concept of texture clear to the reader as well as aid in vocabulary acquisition.

When they were teenagers, George and Natalia fell madly in love, but his being American and her being Spanish forced them to separate. Ten years later, they meet again and those feelings resurface with overwhelming force. Nat, aware of her difficult personal situation, refuses to give love a chance, but George is not ready to lose the woman he has always loved.

Jesús en Galilea Galilea en el siglo I era un país muy rico, con una agricultura pujante, una industria desarrollada y un comercio especialmente floreciente. En los años que precedieron a la vida pública de Jesús, se estaban construyendo dos grandes urbes: Sepphoris y Tiberias, en cuyos trabajos probablemente él se vio implicado por razones profesionales.

La Ilíada, compuesta en el siglo VIII a.C., narra una leyenda micénica situada en el siglo XIII a.C., una edad heroica dominada por los aspectos militares, el individualismo desenfrenado y la persecución de la riqueza y la gloria. La Ilíada cuenta un episodio de la epopeya de la rica y estratégica ciudad de Troya, o Ilión. Es el poema de la cólera de Aquiles, hijo de mortal y diosa y el más destacado de los combatientes griegos, en su afán de heroicidad y sus ansias de venganza. El poema de una gran guerra que afecta a multitud de seres humanos, víctimas del enfrentamiento personal...