Que Fue Pompeya?

"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...

This nonfiction book explores the history, culture, customs, and beliefs of California's American Indian tribes including the Chumash, Tongva, Hupa, Yokuts, Quechan, and Coso tribes. Detailed primary source images in conjunction with Spanish text provide 3rd grade students with an inviting reading and learning experience as they build their social studies knowledge. This book includes basic informational text features including a glossary, an index, table of contents, and reader's guide. Students will be intrigued by Native American history with this fascinating nonfiction Spanish book.

Este libro es sobre Gene Stratton Porter , una autora femenina Hoosier y naturalista. ¡Cuando falleció a la edad de 61 en 1924 más de 500 millones de copias de sus libros estaban en circulación en solamente América! ´Reyna del Limberlost: La Historia de Gene Stratton-Porter ´ es un texto bello y completo escrito en color para los jóvenes y los jóvenes de corazón. ¨ ¡La Reyna esta aquí! ¡Es nuestra amiga, Gene!¨ canta el petirrojo Andrew. Jessica la Arrendajo Azul dice, ¨ ¡Jay! ¡Jay! ¡Ella es tan bella como el amanecer!¨ Mandi la patita hace, ¨ ¡Cua! ¡Cua! ¡Ella es...

Many animals live in water, but only some can be defined as fish. Twenty-eight thousand species of fish exist, each with different characteristics. Readers from grades one through four will learn that fish have a distinct impact on their ecosystem and will see how fish survive when well-adapted to an uncompromised environment. Beautiful photographs demonstrate the great diversity of fish and accompany intellectually stimulating explanations of their varying roles and traits. From page to page, what a fish is unfolds in vocabulary call-outs, insightful questions, and relatable...