Inmigración (Immigration)

What is matter? Anything that takes up space is matter. Matter can be a water, liquid, or gas. These are the states of matter. Learn about matter with this Spanish science reader that features easy-to-read text. Nonfiction text features include a glossary, index, and detailed images to facilitate close reading and help students connect back to the text. Aligned to state and national standards, the book also includes a fun and engaging science experiment to develop critical thinking and help students practice what they have learned.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Take a journey into the wild world of reptiles and amphibians! Readers will learn about crocodiles, lizards, snakes, tortoises, and salamanders. Featuring a glossary, index, colorful images and charts, intriguing facts, and clear, informative text, readers will be sure to be enthralled as they move through this engaging, Spanish-translated book.

Blobfish, pangolin, and flower mantis are just a few of the names of the bizarre bugs and animals that readers will learn about in this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through vibrant images and photos, informational text, a glossary of terms, and an index, readers will learn some of the strange ways that arthropods, invertebrates, and mammals have adapted over time to camouflage themselves and develop interesting ways to keep predators away.

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.

(back cover) Hablemos de esto! A menudo, los ni os demasiado tmidos tienen preocupaciones y se sienten incomprendidos. ERES T?MIDO? ayuda a ni os y ni as a comprender que la timidez puede vencerse de muchas maneras. Ning n ni o debiera avergonzarse por ser tartamudo o por enrojecer cuando se le hace una pregunta. Todo lo que necesitan es aprender a enfrentar la situaci n adecuadamente. ERES T?MIDO? explica a los ni os que su timidez ir y(c)ndose poco a poco siempre que sigan tratando de expresarse ante los dem s."

El desierto con sus atardeceres multicolores es el escenario de la historia de Johari, un niño huérfano que vivía en Kalahari, el lugar más triste del mundo. Cerca de cumplir los doce años, un comerciante de telas llamado Nala decidió adoptarlo. A pesar de su buena fortuna, la vida no fue lo que él esperaba, entonces Johari empezó a lamentar su suerte. Un día, con motivo del cumpleaños del emperador, su padre le pidió que hiciera un viaje por el vasto desierto para llevar seis rollos de seda hasta la ciudad imperial. Al inicio de la travesía se encontró con un pozo en el que...