Nostalgia

"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...

¡No te pierdas este libro! Un recorrido por la historia de los Juegos Olímpicos, desde sus inicios hasta hoy, en el que encontrarás información sobre disciplinas, participantes, medallas y situaciones curiosas. • Los Juegos de Londres 2012 fueron los primeros en ser transmitidos en 3D. • Río de Janeiro 2016 representa el primer evento olímpico en Sudamérica. México, en 1968, fue la primera ciudad latinoamericana en concretarlo. • Para llevar la antorcha olímpica solo es necesario ser mayor de catorce años y poder recorrer cuatrocientos metros. • El fútbol americano fue...

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Elementary readers learn about famous pirates and pirate history in this informative, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through colorful images, fascinating facts, informational text, and compelling stories, children will learn about famous pirates such as Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Black Bart, Edward Low, Lady Mary Killigrew, and Mrs. Cheng.

The Earth is made up of shapes. The shapes make up landforms. Find out about all of Earth’s landforms. Paired to the fiction title A Long Car Ride.