Arquitectura civil española de los siglos I al XVIII

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

In this bilingual picture book, astronaut José M. Hernández recounts his childhood as the son of Mexican migrant workers and his life-long dream to travel to the stars.

A través del análisis de la recepción y las diferentes interpretaciones de la obra de Cézanne, de su técnica pictórica, y de la llamada "materialidad de Cézanne", el autor concibe el impresionismo del artista como expresión característica del arte moderno, entre cuyos valores la originalidad es objeto de especial atención, puesto que buscaba expresar una visión indepediente que produjera el efecto de haber sido guiada por sensaciones inmediatas antes que por procedimientos convencionales.

This book uses intriguing primary sources to introduce students to the life of George Washington. The detailed, authentic images and simple, repetitive phrases 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.