El libro de las respuestas a todos los porques / The Answer book on all the Whys

"Simple text and color photographs introduce kinds of motion, including motion powered by wind, water, and electricity--in both English and Spanish"--

INTERVENTIONS WITH MINORS - Socio educative action - Most of the time, the irregular behaviour of young people is the outcome of what society has offered to them. This book studies the methodology, the levels of the intervention, preventive measures, assistance and rehabilitative intervention, in the work with families and minors in the network of primary attention. The situations of social risk, the necessities and the problems of minors are exposed making a special mention of the educational ones, and the professional figures that act in this field.

Cuando sea mayor, Viento Pequeño quiere ser un viento importante, pero no sabe qué oficio elegir. Para resolver sus dudas, Viento Pequeño decide hacer un viaje y conocer las diferentes funciones que un viento puede desempeñar en la naturaleza. Resulta que hay vientos que ayudan a sembrar la tierra, otros que se dedican a destruirlo todo, los que contribuyen a provocar las lluvias... Pero, ¿cuál será la vocación de Viento Pequeño?

As a young boy, Jos Marti he traveled to the countryside of Cuba and fell in love with the natural beauty of the land. During this trip he also witnessed the cruelties of slavery on sugar plantations. From that moment, Mart began to fight for the abolishment of slavery and for Cuban independence from Spain through his writing. By age seventeen, he was declared an enemy of Spain and was forced to leave his beloved island. Marti traveled the world and eventually settled in New York City. But the longer he stayed away from his homeland, the sicker and weaker he became. On doctor's orders he...