¿Qué significa ser programador? (What's It Really Like to Be a Coder?)

Even as the world changes, skilled labor will always be needed. There's nothing quite like the ability to create things with your skills and your own hands. Carpenters use their skills to build things we use every day, including items such as furniture, buildings, and bridges. They read building plans, choose materials, design, and create. This book teaches kids that to become a carpenter, you have to use a lot more than a hammer and nails; you need your brain too. Photographs and diagrams enable readers to make key connections with the text.

It was September 14, 1814, and America and Great Britain were at war. Frances Scott Key watched from the deck of a British ship, where he was being held captive, as cannons exploded around them. After 25 hours, the fighting ceased and Key peered through the clearing smoke, looking for some sign as to the outcome of the battle. Was the American flag still flying? His wartime experience inspired Key to write a poem, which was later set to music and became America’s national anthem. This book tells the story of the inspiration behind our national anthem, which helped transform the flag into a...

Corazón es una de las obras más leídas a nivel mundial y un referente educativo para muchas generaciones. Desde su primera edición, en 1866, tuvo un gran éxito, y alcanzó las 41 ediciones a los dos meses y medio de su publicación. En el libro se cuentan, en forma de diario, las vivencias escolares de Enrique, un niño italiano originario de Turín. La clave de la novela está en narrar, con naturalidad y ternura, situaciones que suponen el crecimiento emocional del protagonista.“Demostrad que tenéis corazón; nuestra escuela será una familia, y vosotros mi consuelo y mi orgullo. No ...

¡Conoce al iguanodon, un dinosaurio herbívoro que pesaba toneladas literalmente! Las imágenes coloridas ayudan a los lectores a aprender cómo era la vida para estos comedores de plantas de punta. Meet the iguanodon, an herbivore dinosaur who weighed tons—literally! Now in Spanish, carefully leveled text and colorful images help readers learn what life was like for these spiky-thumbed plant-eaters.

En un crudo día de invierno de 1650, René Descartes fue enterrado lejos de su hogar. Dieciséis años más tarde, el embajador francés exhumó secretamente sus huesos y los transportó a Francia. La historia de estas insólitas reliquias involucra a los personajes más diversos que usaron estos huesos.