¡Analízalo! (Analyze It!)

Take a trip around the world and learn about the Earth’s different climate zones! Students will learn the difference between climate and weather, and study the characteristics of low-latitude, mid-latitude, and high-latitude climates. This nonfiction Spanish book teaches students important scientific concepts and vocabulary terms as they learn about tropical rainforests, savannas, deserts, grasslands, taiga forests, deciduous forests, and tundra. The colorful images, diagrams, sidebars, and text features will keep students connected to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the...

Planet Earth gives us the things we need to survive. When it changes, it affects us all. But humans also affect Earth. It’s important that we take care of our planet so that it can continue to take care of us. This Spanish nonfiction book explores the subjects of human ecology and climate change in depth, and introduces students to important scientific concepts and vocabulary like desertification, deforestation, carbon dioxide, erosion, drought, fossil fuels, the greenhouse effect, and more. The colorful images, diagrams, sidebars, and text features will keep students connected to the text....

Stefan Zweig tuvo durante toda su vida la necesidad de intercambiar correspondencia, de establecer y mantener contactos. Mediaba la veintena cuando empezó a enviar sus primeros libros, junto con unas líneas de cortesía, a personalidades ya célebres por aquel entonces. Muchas de las respuestas dieron pie a una relación personal cuyos testimonios se han conservado. Con el presente volumen, los compiladores han querido transmitir una impresión lo más concreta posible tanto del peculiar talento de Stefan Zweig para dirigirse a sus corresponsales como de sus manifestaciones personales. Para ...

A playful picture-book biography of the father of space-age bachelor-pad lounge music. Gorgeously illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh, this lively biography follows Juan Garcia Esquivel from Mexico to New York City. Juan grew up to the sounds of mariachi bands; he loved music and became a musical explorer. Defying convention, he created music that made people laugh and planted images in their minds. His musical dreams brought him from Mexico to America and gained him worldwide renown. Juan’s space-age lounge music—popular in the fifties and sixties—has found a new generation of listeners....

Los amantes suicidas de Amijima son marionetas que representan la vida y el amor de Jihei, comerciante de Osaka, y Koharu, su geisha. La obra está ambientada a finales del siglo XVII, momento en que la cultura del pueblo florece con su máximo esplendor en el género del teatro kabuki y joruri. El recitador hace de narrador y da voz a los personajes. La música de samisen sirve de acompañamiento y los manipuladores mueven unas marionetas casi tan grandes como ellos mismos. El sentido simbólico de los muñecos para el teatro está plenamente potenciado. Es la tragedia de una pareja con un...

From the largest cargo planes and passenger jets to the smallest of single-engine crafts, airplanes are modern marvels. But just how do people build planes and what keeps them safe in the air? This exciting book takes readers inside the hangars where bolts and metal are turned into winged creations ready to take people all around the world. Amazing photographs show the aircraft construction process step-by-step, while engaging text gives a strong technical explanation of the science at work during every flight in this innovative STEM book.