Libros en Inglés

Get readers excited to learn about the various technological innovations that have occurred throughout history--and what could be possible in the future! Through informational text, interesting and intriguing facts in conjunction with vivid images, diagrams, and charts, readers will learn about such miraculous inventions such as holograms, 3D printing, virtual reality technology, personalized medicine, and bionic body parts. Throughout this nonfiction title, readers will be engaged and encouraged to imagine the next big technological innovation that could change the world!

Dystopian novels have become one of the most popular subgenres of YA literature. This high-interest book examines the themes and conventions found in young adult dystopian novels and series like the Hunger Games, Divergent, the 5th Wave, the Red Queen, the Selection, Book of Ember, Maze Runner, and more. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and Lori Oczkus, and featuring TIME content, this book builds reading skills and includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The detailed sidebars, fascinating images, and Dig Deeper section prompt students to connect back to the text and encourage multiple readings. Check It Out! includes suggested resources for further reading. Aligned with state standards, this title features complex content appropriate for students preparing for college and career readiness.

Fuzzy has a great new plan as the Adventure Director of the Class Pets Club-the pets are going to join the Halloween Parade with their kids! In disguises, of course. Finally, they won't be missing all the fun! But then spooky things start happening, and not in a fun, Halloween way. Is Leo Gumpus Elementary...haunted? And if so, what's an adventurous guinea pig going to do about it?

The club cooks up a mission: Scare away the specter before it freaks out the kids. After all they might be pets, but they aren't chicken!

Class 5B has a substitute teacher, and he's the worst! Fuzzy might just be 5B's pet guinea pig, but he will not stand by while his kids suffer. With the help of the Class Pets Club, Fuzzy is going to drive the terrible sub out of town, or lose his whiskers trying!

Fans of Rainbow Magic and Mermaid Tales will love this new series full of adventures under the sea!

Princess Cali and her twin brother, Prince Cruise, are expected to do everything together -- but at the Royal Mermaid Rescue Crew School, Cali wants to stand out on her own. So when the principal announces a Rescue Crew Tournament to name the top merstudent of the year, Cali is thrilled. This is the perfect way to prove herself!But Cruise is a tough competitor. Will Cali do anything to win...even something fishy?

A simple story of our planet's natural resources with jewel-like paintings by Caldecott Honor author Molly Bang. Through the example of a shared village green and the growing needs of the townspeople who share it, Molly Bang presents the challenge of handling our planet's natural resources.

All About Manatees is a thorough and colorful introduction to the world of manatees.All About Manatees is the newest entry in Jim Arnosky's treasured All About series, relaunching in Spring 08 from Scholastic Nonfiction. In All About Manatees, Arnosky shows how manatees grow and live, answering kids' biggest questions about these creatures of the water. Packed with intriguing information and brought to life by Arnosky's vibrant watercolors, this book will fascinate young readers.

Instantly recognizable by their beautiful orange-and-black wings, monarch butterflies are a common sight in fields, gardens, and forests throughout North America. Readers will discover how these colorful insects travel thousands of miles each year to escape freezing winter weather. They will also learn about a butterfly's fascinating reproductive process, what butterflies eat, and how to attract butterflies to their own backyards.

"A thousand miles ago, in a country east of the jungle and south of the mountains, there lived a firework-maker and his daughter, Lila."

Lila has learned how to make firework displays of Leaping Monkeys. 

Lila knows everything about making fireworks, but she learns that to be a true firework-maker, one must face the Fire-Fiend of Mount Merapi. After she sets off, her friend Chulak discovers another half of the secret, and without it, Lila will perish.

Lila has learned from her father almost all there is to know about making fireworks.  But he's held back the final secret, the most dangerous one.

With the help of her friend Chulak, Lila discovers the secret - that anyone who wants to be a true firework-maker must face down the Fire-Fiend of Mount Merapi and bring back some of the royal sulphur.  So Lila sets off, ready to face anything that gets in her way.

It is only after Lila has gone that Chulak discovers the other half of the secret - That Lila needs a flask of magic water from the Goddess of Emerald Lake or she will perish in the flames.  So Chulak and Hamlet, the talking white elephant, set off to find Lila - before it's too late...