Estudiamos la temperatura: Organizar los datos (We Study Temperature: Organizing Data)

¿Alguna vez te preguntaste qué hace brillar a una estrella? Ahora en español, este título atrae a los lectores jóvenes a descubrir cómo funcionan las estrellas, con fotos vibrantes y textos cuidadosamente nivelados que capturarán la imaginación del lector. Las preguntas de pensamiento crítico apropiadas para la edad y un glosario de fotos ayudan a desarrollar habilidades de aprendizaje de no ficción. Do you ever wonder what makes a star shine? Now in Spanish, this title engages young readers in discovering how stars work, with vibrant photos and carefully leveled text that will...

Mysterious ancient ruins, hidden deep in the jungle of southern Mexico In May 1840, explorers John Stephens and Frederick Catherwood road their mules along a steep, muddy jungle path. They were hoping to find the ruins of an ancient, deserted site in Mexico they knew only from visitors’ accounts. Through the trees, they spied the remains of a crumbling stone palace. Palenque! In the weeks they spent there, the men discovered intricately designed buildings and mysterious glyphs, or symbols. Who built this city? What did the glyphs mean? The questions remained largely unanswered until the...

The second book from Dr. Maria Uribe, a Senior Instructor at the University of Colorado Denver in the School of Education & Human Development, Is There Something Wrong With Me? provides concrete examples of micro-aggressions and discrimination--rooted in race, ethnicity, and gender--that children face. Designed to elicit empathy and conversation about identity and belonging, the book further suggests at-home and classroom activities to dismantle social bias.

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life. Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory, and pain, of being Latino American. Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents. With poets such...