Las Misiones de California

How do you truly engage students in learning history? When students make personal connections to the subject, they’re much more motivated to learn. This Spanish book provides firsthand accounts of history that give personal insights into historical events. This primary source book focuses on the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. With a visually appealing layout, this book features captivating text, fun facts, sidebars, and time lines that help students grasp the essential concepts they need to know at their grade level. Packed with information and primary source maps, images, and...

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.

Llega la novela de Shannon Hale, El fuego de Enna, la segunda entrega de La Saga de Baviera. La vida de Enna no iba a ser fácil. Cuando su hermano, Leifer, trae a casa un misterioso pergamino que le enseña cómo hacer fuego sin chispa ni pedernal, Enna no sabe si quiere tener ese poder o si debe hacerlo desaparecer para siempre. Al entrar en guerra Baviera, su país, la decisión se le hace casi insoportable. Enna nunca había imaginado que la energía vivificadora del fuego pudiera destruir todo lo que amaba. Ahora tendrá que salvarse a sí misma y a Baviera antes de que las llamas la...

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children's books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these feathered dinosaurs face to face: The Caudipteryx had feathered arms and a tail that looked like a pom-pom! The Sinovenator may have used colorful feathers to attract a mate! The Microraptor may have used its feathers to glide...

Unlike their domesticated relatives, wild turkeys can fly. Readers will learn about the pecking order of turkey flocks, how turkeys avoid predators, what foods these birds eat, and much more. The turkey’s association with Thanksgiving is addressed, as is the impressive comeback these birds made after their numbers plummeted in the early twentieth century.