Vivo cerca de un bosque (There's a Forest in My Backyard!)

Deserts are the driest places on Earth, but they’re full of life! Cacti, kangaroo rats, shrubs, foxes, and more have found ways to adapt to the extreme temperatures and dry conditions of deserts around the world. Readers learn about many of these adaptations as well as the major features of the desert biome. Simple maps highlight some of the biggest deserts, helping readers learn map skills. Full-color photographs reinforce accessible information about the desert ecosystem, including a concluding message of conservation.

In this inspiring biography, readers will learn about the incredible journey of Helen Keller. Using informational, Spanish-translated text and expressive images and photos, readers will discover the undeniable determination that Keller had as a young deaf and blind girl and how her teacher, Anne Sullivan, helped her to read, write, speak, and graduate from college. With a timeline, a bibliography, and a glossary of terms, children are given the tools they need to expand their knowledge about this fascinating and inspiring woman. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Este libro interactivo, magníficamente ilustrado por Fernando Vicente, acerca a los jóvenes lectores al mundo fascinante y misterioso del antiguo Egipto. Cada doble página es una visita privilegiada a un escenario lleno de magia: la orilla del río Nilo, un mercado de la ciudad de Tebas, la galería de los dioses egipcios, las pirámides, las tumbas de los grandes faraones, y un puñado de juegos y enigmas para aprender y divertirse.

A 2014 report by the US Department of Education found that 22 percent of students ages twelve to eighteen had experienced bullying. This cogent narrative provides readers with supportive methods to help a friend who is being bullied and to promote a bully-free learning environment at school. Physical, social, psychological, and verbal bullying are examined, as well as cyberbulling. Readers discover the consequences of bullying both as a target and as a bystander. They also consider ways to intervene in a bullying situation, how to seek adult help, and how to be empowered and recover from...

La conjugación alcohol y adolescencia es una preocupación constante que aparece cíclicamente en el interés social. En algunas ocasiones se visibiliza como un problema de orden público, en otros se acentúa como un problema educativo, en otras ocasiones coge fuerza la visión de salud pública. Todas son ciertas, pero parciales e incompletas si no se aúnan todas las visiones en una interpretación más omnicomprensiva del fenómeno del consumo de alcohol juvenil. Ello es especialmente necesario cuando se trata de buscar soluciones o programas preventivos de impacto en la población...