Amelia Earhart

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first man to ever walk on the moon! Readers will be engaged from cover to cover as they learn about Armstrong's inspirational career as an astronaut in this biography that features additional information on gravity, NASA, and the moon landing. The vivid images work in conjunction with the supportive text, timeline, glossary, and index to allow for better understanding of the content. This book has been translated into Spanish.

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

A scientific look at the natural processes that create waterfalls, and where they are likely to form.

Y por fin se hizo de noche en nuestra pequeña ciudad. Sus habitantes, también los animales, duermen plácidamente... Aunque no todos, ¡la gran mayoría vive aventuras apasionantes! Hay quien va como todos los años a la Noche de Libros, otros persiguen a un ladrón en medio de la oscuridad o simplemente disfrutan de la fiesta que se celebra en el parque. Rotraut Susanne Berner nos cuenta con sus dibujos todo lo que puede pasar en una pequeña ciudad durante una noche de verano cálida y serena, mientras los murciélagos revolotean en silencio y presenciamos apresuradas correrías nocturnas ...

When people think of soft things, they immediately conjure up images of furry bunnies and similarly textured animals and objects. This inviting book helps young readers to do the same, as learning about textures is an important tenet of the early elementary curriculum. Carefully selected photographs of soft objects make the concept of texture clear to the reader as well as aid in vocabulary acquisition.

This book uses intriguing primary sources to teach students about rules and why following them is important. The primary source images and simple sentences will engage students in reading and build their social studies content knowledge. For use in the classroom or at home, this Spanish book includes a simple glossary and index to introduce informational text features to young readers and provide additional reading support.