El Café de Crossroads

Presented in a large-size picture book format, this is the story of the Mars Rover Curiosity. It explains how it was built at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, how it got its name, how it got to Mars, and what its mission hoped to accomplish. A timeline about the history of Mars exploration is provided at the end.

¿Qué significa estar triste? Es normal sentirnos desanimados de vez en cuando. Los niños aprenderán cómo se siente estar triste, cuáles son las causas de la tristeza y cómo transformar este sentimiento en alegría. Fotos grandes y diversas ayudan a mostrar cómo se ve la tristeza. Se incluye una actividad de reflexión que permite a los niños practicar el manejo de sus emociones.

Young children are natural problem-solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves interesting animals. This Spanish-language edition of Fast and Flightless provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the animal lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.

What is matter and where can it be found? Everything in the world is made of matter, whether it is a solid, a liquid, or a gas. Important ideas about matter such as volume, mass, and how matter changes state are conveyed through a series of easy-to-do experiments.