Las cadenas alimentarias en el desierto (Desert Food Chains)

Go for the goal with this text, which examines fascinating female sports heroes who’ve proved to the world that gender is no barrier to athletic success. Readers will delight in learning about the lives of Mia Hamm, Wilma Rudolph, and the Williams sisters, as well as other important women who’ve broken barriers in sports. Readers will be inspired to pursue a career in athletics after learning about how others have achieved success in spite of great obstacles. The biographical nature of the text supports social studies curricula, and fact boxes and a comprehensive timeline provide...

Even the smallest tide pools are actually entire ecosystems! The creatures that call a tide pool home are connected through food chains that represent the passing of energy from one living thing to another. Readers discover how these unique food chains all come together as they view a helpful tide pool food web. Fun fact boxes accompany informative text about life in a tide pool. Detailed photographs of tide pool ecosystems introduce readers to a variety of cool creatures.

Written in a vivid and accessible style, this history book addressed to young readers focuses on one of the most relevant periods in Mexican history: that of the country's strife for independence from Spain. In addition to its descriptive historical account, the book includes charts, illustrations, and a timeline of main events from 1808 through 1821 that help make the information even more entertaining and clear for children.

Every living thing you see is made up of tiny cells. Each of these cells has its own job to do. They work together to do everything an organism needs to stay alive. That's why biologists often call them the "building blocks of life." Learn all about plant and animal cell theory and structure with this Spanish science reader that brings the power of science and informational text to students at a level they can understand. Introduce students to STEM topics and new vocabulary terms like osmosis, diffusion, organelles, and active and passive transport with this nonfiction book that is aligned to ...

En la voluminosa obra reunida bajo el sugerente título de las NOCHES ÁTICAS se recopilaron múltiples noticias y curiosidades de la cultura clásica: anécdotas de Alejandro Magno, vidas de filósofos, apuntes sobre literatura y lenguaje, antiguas costumbres, hechos portentosos... De la miscelánea casi inextricable que AULO GELIO (s. ii) fue elaborando por las noches durante su estancia en el Ática y que ha cautivado a lo largo de los siglos a autores como Castiglione, Diderot, Borges o Bioy Casares («es uno de los libros que estimulan nuestra inteligencia, nuestra imaginación o...

Provides an overview of combat jets including their design, weapons, equipment, crew, missions, and role in the U.S. Marine Corps. Written in English and Spanish.