Arthur Nicolaier (1862-1942)

Engineers have built some incredible things. But with every new feat, there is failure. Readers will learn about engineering feats and failures like the Titanic, the Hindenburg, the Hoover Dam, and more in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. This book features brilliant images, charts, and intriguing facts in conjunction with informational text and mathematics skills to keep readers active and engaged.

Learn about the history of the Olympic Summer Games! This classroom resource helps students learn about how time and measurement relate to hosting the Olympics. Included in this nonfiction text are mathematical graphs and charts to help students develop content-area literacy in mathematics. This Spanish book includes practice problems, a glossary, an index, engaging images, and easy-to-read text to help students build their math and reading skills.

The turbulent atmosphere of suburban Barcelona hides the social isolation of a juvenile misfit. A young man fascinated by private detectives becomes entangled in a strange and dangerous case of academic dishonesty.

Winner of: International Latino Book Awards 2014, Primer Premio en la categoría Best Young Adult Non-Fiction Book Focusing on key figures from the worlds of art, literature, music, politics, and science, this collection introduces young readers to luminaries who, despite the difficulties and failures of their childhoods, went on to accomplish great things. Readers will discover what individuals such as Jane Austen, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Mohandas Gandhi, John Lennon, Pablo Picasso, and even the author himself were like as children and young adults, and draw inspiration from their...