Un día de trabajo: Médico de emergencias (All in a Day's Work: ER Doctor) (Spanish Version)

This Spanish-translated nonfiction title gives children an in-depth look at what a career as a police officer is like. Readers will learn about various aspects of life as a police officer--from being accepted into the academy to keeping streets safe. Readers will learn what a typical day in the police academy is like as well as a day in the field as an officer. Through helpful charts and diagrams and colorful images in conjunction with informational text and stunning facts, readers discover important aspects of keeping communities safe, including what's inside the patrol car, K-9 units,...

Discover what it takes to be an Emergency Room doctor in this enlightening, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Readers learn about the hard work and dedication it takes to have a career as an ER doctor and what a typical day is like in the emergency room. From medical school to residency, medical symptoms to diagnosis, children will learn all about the steps it takes to get involved in this profession. This engaging title features vivid photos, helpful charts and diagrams, informational text, a glossary of terms, and an interview with a real-life ER doctor to delight, inform, and encourage...

Hop on that big red truck for a real adventure! Being a firefighter takes a lot of hard work. Early elementary readers learn about the important responsibilities it takes to be a firefighter--from the fire equipment to living in the fire station. With vivid photos and images, a timetable of firefighting history, informational, Spanish-translated text, and intriguing facts, this book will have readers engaged and eager to learn all about this stimulating occupation. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

El 11 de febrero de 1990, después de haber luchado toda su vida contra el Apartheid y tras 27 años en prisión, Nelson Mandela fue finalmente liberado. La historia de Mandela, que finalmente se ha convertido en uno de los más grandes líderes mundiales, es también la difícil historia de Sudáfrica.

La vida de san Francisco de Asís es notablemente diferente de las vidas de los santos al uso. Álvaro Pombo, en simpatía con la antigua tradición franciscana, elige en este libro un estilo correspondiente al gran sobresalto intelectual y afectivo que produce el biografiado. Adopta, por eso, el punto de vista y la voz o voces de los primeros hermanos que acompañaron a Francisco. Con una notable mezcla de atrevimiento, seriedad y simpatía profunda, Álvaro Pombo se convierte, al mismo tiempo, en la voz plural, brillante y humilde de aquella primera comunidad franciscana, una docena mal...

La obra de Hebert Abimorad es, desde este punto de vista, sólida, coherente, compacta, fiel a sí misma. Desde otra perspectiva, se nos presenta como una escritura creativa diseminada, plural, abierta, en continuo recambio y búsqueda interior, que se exterioriza en sus nuevos textos, que se verbaliza en sus otros “yo”, en su heteronimia militante e ineludible: Martina Martínez, José José, Camilo Alegre, Flor de Condominio. Acto discursivo de travestismo, emergencia de la multivocidad que nos provoca a todos, y de la que sólo los poetas (y algunos seres enajenados o separados del...

Climb aboard for a journey into the world of trains! In this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title, readers learn about the history of trains, the different uses for them, and the different types and parts including freight cars, box cars, passenger cars, and the caboose. With detailed photos, informative text, and intriguing facts, this book will have readers delighted from cover to cover! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.