En escena: La vida de un CSI (On the Scene: A CSI's Life)

Think you'd like to be a fire fighter? Learn about the special equipment fire fighters use, their role in community safety, and their lives at the station. This book features a comprehensive timeline of the history of firefighting from its origins in ancient Rome through firefighting practices of today plus vocabulary related to fire fighters and fire safety.

Discover what it takes to be an Emergency Room doctor in this enlightening nonfiction title that has been translated into Spanish. Readers learn about the hard work and dedication it takes to have a career as an ER doctor and what a typical day is like in the emergency room. From medical school to residency, medical symptoms to diagnosis, children will learn all about the steps it takes to get involved in this profession. This engaging title features vivid photos, helpful charts and diagrams, informational text, a glossary of terms, and an interview with a real life ER doctor to delight,...

Do you have what it takes to be an athlete? In this Spanish-translated nonfiction book, readers learn about the hard work, athletic training, and dedication that athletes from all sports and levels go through to be healthy and successful. Readers are familiarized with concepts like coordination, endurance, and athletic motivation. Along with stunning photos and charts and riveting facts, this nonfiction title includes an interview with a real-life Olympic athlete and an accessible glossary, index, and list of useful sources. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

November 1940. A circus parade walks through the streets of Warsaw, waving a flag and singing. They are 160 Jewish children, forced by the Nazis to leave their beloved orphanage. It's a sad occasion, but led by Doctor Korczak, their inspirational director, the children are defiantly joyful. Their new home is in the ghetto, a prison for Jews. Two years later they board the train that will carry them away to the death camps. Offered his freedom, Doctor Korczak refuses to abandon the children and proudly joins them on their last journey. This profoundly moving illustrated book is based on the...

Este libro reflexiona acerca de las nuevas consideraciones geográficas desarrolladas recientemente por las prácticas artísticas frente a las múltiples problemáticas territoriales invisibilizadas por la economía del poder capitalista. En él se da voz a artistas, geógrafos, arquitectos e historiadores procedentes de distintos puntos de Europa que explican y analizan el creciente marco de experiencias iniciadas en la escena artística contemporánea. Todos coinciden en señalar la importancia de lo que se oculta tras la geopolítica actual, y también la necesidad de abrir nuevas...

Malala Yousafzai casi perdió la vida por querer ir a la escuela. Ella nació en el valle de Swat, en Pakistán, una región de extraordinaria belleza, codiciada en el pasado por conquistadores como Gengis Kan y Alejandro Magno y protegida por los bravos guerreros pastunes, los pueblos de las montañas. Fue habitada por reyes y reinas, príncipes y princesas, como en los cuentos de hadas. Malala creció entre los pasillos de la escuela de su padre, Ziauddin Yousafzai, y era una de las primeras alumnas de la clase. Cuando tenía diez años vio cómo su ciudad quedaba bajo el control de un...

Besides oil, Texas has long been associated with cattle and agriculture. Learning about these industries will allow readers understand how valuable their development is to the growth of the state of Texas, as well as America's economy.