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"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...

Con este texto los lectores aprenden todo sobre los chimpancés y su increíble hábitat de selva tropical. Las fotografías de color dan un vistazo a la vida de un chimpancé mientras que las preguntas de pensamiento crítico y un glosario de fotos ayudan a los lectores de no ficción por primera vez. With this carefully leveled text, now in Spanish, readers learn all about chimpanzees and their incredible rain forest habitat. Full-color photographs give a glimpse into the life of a chimp while critical thinking questions and a photo glossary assist first-time nonfiction readers.

Explains the study and teaching of the martial arts, emphasizing the philosophical aspects of this sport.

The sordid, thrilling, and comic story of two young lovers--affluent Lala and impoverished Guayi; examines the economic and social circumstances of Argentina and Paraguay to make sense of the characters' past choices and present misfortunes.