Mujeres en los deportes (Women in Sports)

Even the smallest tide pools are actually entire ecosystems! The creatures that call a tide pool home are connected through food chains that represent the passing of energy from one living thing to another. Readers discover how these unique food chains all come together as they view a helpful tide pool food web. Fun fact boxes accompany informative text about life in a tide pool. Detailed photographs of tide pool ecosystems introduce readers to a variety of cool creatures.

Expressive language by the Mexican ballerina, choreographer, and teacher explores what she calls the "poetry of images" in Puebla--a classical ballet and an interpretative modern dance with multiple people forming a slithering snake across the stage--accompanied by a series of stunning black and white photographs that capture the variety of expression and the fluid grace of the dancers.

"Gato Rojo quiere ser tan inteligente como Gato Azul. Gato Azul sueña con ser tan ágil como Gato Rojo. Pero, ¿de qué color es la felicidad? Los dos gatos que protagonizan esta historia están dispuestos a hacer las cosas más extrañas para parecerse al otro."--Back cover.

Three Puerto Rican stories include the title story, which represents the land's indigenous Tainos; the tale of la Guinea, which is rooted in the nation's African culture; and la Mula's tale, a story of Spanish origin.

★“Fascinating...An appealing resource sure to spark an interest in biomimicry, from casual readers to budding scientists. Recommended for all libraries.”—School Library Journal, starred review Did you know that lamps can be powered by glowing bacteria instead of electricity? That gloves designed like gecko feet let people climb straight up glass walls? Or that kids are finding ways to make compostable plastic out of banana peels? Biomimicry, the scientific term for when we learn from and copy nature, is a revolutionary way to look to nature for answers to environmental problems such...