La Gente de la Luna

After befriending a clever tortoise while lost in the Brazilian rainforest, a young Kulina girl, Mira helps it keep from becoming her father's dinner.

Cabeza de águila tries to find a way to free his fellow musicians who have been captured by the jealous Tonatiuh Sol because they have only honored the Spirit of the Night, Tezcatlipoca.

The moon people, Kaluma, Aluma, and others use a cloud bridge to travel to the Earth, a messy but beautiful world of incredible variety that becomes their new home.

Bridges are a big part of how people get from place to place. But how do they work and how are they built? In this engaging text, readers will explore these important engineering marvels that link places divided by water. Along the way they’ll learn how to build their own model bridge with a step-by-step guide accompanied by full-color photographs of each step. Accessible text illuminates the science behind every span we drive over—and sometimes under!

Henna is more than an ancient art form. It is a symbol of hope. Explore the meaning of henna. Learn the basics, and then design your own henna patterns. Are you ready to get started? This full-color nonfiction reader will engage students in reading while introducing them to new vocabulary terms and concepts. Important text features include a glossary and a table of contents to develop students' comprehension and literacy skills. This Spanish book aligns with national and state standards and features exciting TIME For Kids content to keep English language learners engaged in learning.

Como es sabido, el diseño surge como consecuencia lógica del desarrollo industrial de las sociedades tecnológicamente más avanzadas y puede explicarse, por tanto, en función de esa relación causa-efecto. Sin negar su obvia dependencia de tiempo y lugar, las razones del diseño, sus lecturas e interpretaciones, no se agotan en el exclusivo ejercicio metonímico, desde fuera, sino que invitan a ser entendidas también desde dentro, a partir de su propia realidad física y la reflexión que en ellas palpita. El libro adopta este criterio en su parte esencial: emparentar realizaciones...

¡Los doctores saben muchas cosas sobre la salud y el cuerpo humano! Al examinar a los pacientes y recetar medicamentos, los médicos pueden averiguar qué está enfermando a una persona y cómo hacer que se sienta mejor. Ahora en español, este título involucra a los lectores jóvenes para aprender cómo los médicos sirven a su comunidad. Las preguntas de pensamiento crítico apropiadas para la edad y un glosario de fotos ayudan a desarrollar habilidades de aprendizaje de no ficción. Doctors know many things about health and the human body! By examining patients and prescribing medicine,...