Trabajo (Work)

Rhyming text is ideal for building phonemic awareness and phonics skills. This series uses delightful rhyming text and engaging photographs to introduce beginning readers to four common weather conditions. These books build the foundation for reading success and make learning about weather fun!

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 President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from cash-strapped France in 1803, he doubled the size of the United States without really knowing what he was getting. He dispatched Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery to explore a territory that would include part or all of fifteen future states and to seek a water route to the West Coast. Westward expansion began immediately, all for the bargain price of 15 million dollars. This book richly explores this fascinating part of history.

Existen numerosos y muy diversos cuadernos de viaje, creados tanto por científicos en expedición como por pintores o acuarelistas en travesía. Íntimas y personales, las obras son un testimonio espontáneo y emotivo de las pequeñas y grandes aventuras que contienen, y abren nuevos horizontes a quienes las leen o las contemplan. Este género artístico no nació ayer. Ya de antiguo, algunos autores completamente desconocidos han creado cuadernos de viaje excepcionales, de la misma forma que otros artistas imposibles de olvidar, como Alberto Durero, William Turner, Eugène Delacroix, Paul...