The American Republic to 1877, Spanish Student Edition

What keeps objects from floating out of your hand? What if your feet drifted away from the ground? What stops everything from floating into space? Gravity. As in his previous books, Redwoods, Coral Reefs, and Island, Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to young readers in this unusual, innovative, and very beautiful book.

Cuerpo y saber está compuesto por tres capítulos que reflexionan sobre el objeto de estudio de la psicomotricidad. El primer capítulo, que da nombre al libro, se ocupa del desarrollo de las díadas conceptuales saber-conocer, cuerpo-organismo, motricidad-psicomotricidad. El segundo, "Edipo en el Árbol de la Sabiduría", despliega una lectura del mito de Edipo, desde la perspectiva del objeto de estudio de la psicomotricidad, lo cual da cuenta de cómo una persona sin conocimiento de su pasado orienta su destino utilizando los elementos inconscientes del saber que su experiencia corporal...

Insectos is one book in the Spanish-language Gran Atlas de la Ciencia series that covers today's most popular science topics, from digital TV to microchips to touchscreens and beyond. Perennial subjects in earth science, life science, and physical science are all explored in detail. Amazing graphics--more than 1,000 per title--combined with concise summaries help students understand complex subjects. Correlated to the science curriculum in grades 5-9, each title also contains a glossary with full definitions for vocabulary.

It was September 14, 1814, and America and Great Britain were at war. Frances Scott Key watched from the deck of a British ship, where he was being held captive, as cannons exploded around them. After 25 hours, the fighting ceased and Key peered through the clearing smoke, looking for some sign as to the outcome of the battle. Was the American flag still flying? His wartime experience inspired Key to write a poem, which was later set to music and became America’s national anthem. This book tells the story of the inspiration behind our national anthem, which helped transform the flag into a...