National Geographic Readers: Los Gatos vs. Los Perros (Cats vs. Dogs)

The author describes a variety of strange animals including an African antelope, the sloth, and the angler fish.

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

Alex Chico -- Urbano Pérez Sánchez -- Fernando de las Heras -- Angela Sayago Martínez -- Ursula Rodríguez -- David Yáñez -- Fernando Pérez Fernández -- Julián Portillo -- Francisco Fuentes -- Víctor Martín Iglesias -- Víctor Peña Dacosta -- Angela Cayero -- Francisco José Najarro Lanchazo -- Antonio Rivero Machina -- Patricia Amigo

Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of Arizona, the Grand Canyon State.