Las naciones indigenas de California (California's Indian Nations)

Learn how ornithologists are using modern technology to help migratory birds. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students' curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, this Spanish book features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields. Discover...

"Roberto has to watch his family's sheep, but he finds it boring. He tries to get what he wants by crying wolf. But what happens when there is real danger?"--

En este libro con partes móviles para niños, Buz la abeja rezumba por aquí y por allá en busca de un amigo con quien jugar. Habla con caracoles, orugas, escarabajos, hormigas, catarinas, y mariposas pero todo el mundo está muy ocupado.

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...

During the American Civil War, the United States was on the brink of falling apart irrevocably. As states seceded and brother turned against brother, hope for reconciliation was dim. This conflict, an essential topic of the social studies curriculum, is skillfully presented from its origins in the Southern slave-trade economy to bloody battles and, later, Reconstruction. Striking photographs and artwork of integral events and people will resonate with readers, while interesting sidebar information gives them more to reflect on about this terrible war and the lessons it taught us.

Yendo un paso más allá de historias bíblicas, este libro a todo color anima a los niños de 5 a 8 años de edad, a detenerse y pensar en el significado de cada oración presentada. Más de cinco docenas de oraciones se incluyen en divertidas historias y son acompañadas con ilustraciones y diseños a todo color. For the first time in Spanish, this devotional book encourages children ages five to eight to stop and think about the meaning of more than five dozen Bible stories. Devotions are drawn from the breadth of scripture and are brightly illustrated for young readers’ pleasure.