Las cadenas alimentarias en la poza de marea (Tide Pool Food Chains)

Go for the goal with this text, which examines fascinating female sports heroes who’ve proved to the world that gender is no barrier to athletic success. Readers will delight in learning about the lives of Mia Hamm, Wilma Rudolph, and the Williams sisters, as well as other important women who’ve broken barriers in sports. Readers will be inspired to pursue a career in athletics after learning about how others have achieved success in spite of great obstacles. The biographical nature of the text supports social studies curricula, and fact boxes and a comprehensive timeline provide...

Lara Finch lives a lie. Everyone thinks she is happily married to the faithful Sam. She is actually super bored and misses working. Behind Sam's back, she takes a job in London. Twice a week she takes the sleeper train, where she meets Ellen and Guy. One Friday, Lara disappears from the train without a trace. Her friend Iris does not believe the official story she is told about the disappearance and decides to start her own investigation. Iris cannot believe what she finds out.

Apartments, houses, log cabins, and houseboats are all kinds of homes, though they can look vastly different. Around the world, families settle into homes that can look quite different than these, yet serve the same purpose: to shelter. This volume will capture readers' imaginations, allowing them to view various types of homes, including the yaodongs of China and Queenslanders of Australia. Beautiful photographs serve to illustrate both architectural and cultural concepts.

James Hoff tiene diecisiete años y no sabe muy bien qué quiere hacer en la vida. Solo sabe que el mundo se abalanza hacia la destrucción total, pilotado por una raza de seres (los humanos) ávidos de dinero y habituados a lujos tontos a los que no son capaces de renunciar. Sí: la situación es desesperada, y no hay nada que se pueda hacer al respecto salvo escribir textos furibundos que, al final, solo lee el profesor de Lengua. Si al menos Sadie Kinell cortara de una vez con el pesado de Will y volviera con James, tal vez este pudiera ver el mundo de manera diferente. Pero eso es tan...

Arrullo de nanas, canciones de corro, la señora Luna, el vestido blanco, un banco en el parque, la caligrafía, la tabla y los números o la monotonía de lluvia tras los cristales de una tarde de escuela... son algunos de los temas que recrean la más viva tradición popular en poemas de ayer y de hoy, recogidos en esta antología de poesía infantil a cargo de Jaime García Padrino y Lucía Solana.