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...

Libro bilingüe en español e inglés El grupo barcelonés The Pinker Tones presenta el libro Rolf&Flor, un libro bilingüe (español e inglés) para niños de entre 3 y 103 años, con ilustraciones de Miguel Gallardo y la participación de Albert Pla, David Brown (Brazzaville) y Mimi Miller. Rolf, un niño de Barcelona, y Flor, una niña de Nueva York, tienen vidas paralelas sin saberlo. Cuando se conocen descubren que son almas gemelas. Rolf, a boy from Barcelona, and Flor, a girl from New York City, are living parallel lives without knowing it. When they meet up they discovery are soul...

Wang Wei, poeta chino del siglo VIII d.n.e., compró una finca de retiro en el distrito de Lantian, no lejos de la corte, donde servía como funcionario. Por la finca corría un río llamado Wang. El poeta vivía en una pequeña cabaña, con una tetera y un lecho humilde como únicos enseres. Para comer, le bastaban las plantas y algunas flores del campo. Era budista. Meditaba y escribía. Allí, inmerso en plena Naturaleza, creó veinte pequeñas perlas que se insertaron para formar este collar: los Poemas del río Wang. Esta colección representa la obra cumbre de Wang Wei, en una perfecta...

Readers won't have to disassemble their favorite toys to discover what makes them work. This book explores electric, magnetic, and motion-powered toys from design to function. It introduces readers to the six simple machines and explains how they use force and motion to do work. Not every toy is a technological marvel. Readers learn about time-honored favorites including the rocking horse, Slinky, and rattles.

The early nineteenth century in the United States was a study of contrasts. On the one hand, the Jazz Age brought cultural liberation, vivacity, and reckless consumption; on the other, the Great Depression brought poverty and desperation to millions. Explore these periods in American history through the eyes of the people who lived them.