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 explores California’s unique geography: the coastal region, the Central Valley, the mountain region, and the desert region. 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...

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...

What do churros, macarons, and strudel have in common? In order to bake them successfully, pastry chefs must use fractions! Students will learn comparing fractions while engaged in reading about delectable desserts from around the world. This Spanish book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts content. The glossary, index, and table of contents will further understanding of reading and math concepts, and the full-color images, practice problems, and math graphs and charts make learning math easy,...

Guadalajara esconde en su geografía un gran número de rincones desconocidos para la mayoría de los senderistas. Las 30 rutas que propone esta guía nos harán descubrir solitarios caminos de montaña, profundos barrancos y extensos bosques donde la naturaleza y el paisaje se han conservado casi intactos.Castros celtíberos, iglesias románicas y castillos medievales también nos acompañaran en esta selección de recorridos, evocándonos épocas pasadas.

En un crudo día de invierno de 1650, René Descartes fue enterrado lejos de su hogar. Dieciséis años más tarde, el embajador francés exhumó secretamente sus huesos y los transportó a Francia. La historia de estas insólitas reliquias involucra a los personajes más diversos que usaron estos huesos.

"Dino" Don Lessom brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaurs, detailing how they lived, raised their young, and became extinct. Maps, timelines, and colorful illustrations and photographs will capture kids' attention. A dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children's books.