¿Qué Son Los Proveedores y Consumidores? (What Are Producers and Consumers?)

Having a job and earning money are a part of everyday life for most people, especially adults. The concept seems fairly straightforward: one works to earn. This volume discerns the difference between a job and a career, as well as how a job can develop into a career. Readers will learn why a community's economy needs jobs, how paying someone to do a job helps the person who is paying them, and even about job loss and its consequences. The text also explains different jobs and their effects on the economy, such as those of professional, production, arts, and government and military jobs.

"Once disparatados cuentos narrados en verso. Cautivadores personajes y hermosas ilustraciones acompañan estas historias, donde los chiquitines se encontrarán con niños como ellos, pero también con una bailarina en su pecera, una pequeña gota de lluvia, un sapo salido de un cuento o un perro cazador. ¡En el mundo de todos estos personajes cualquier cosa puede pasar!"--P. [4] of cover.

Ramon is a very absentminded mouse. The smallest things distract him and make him late for all his appointments. Today, though, his niece has invited him to her birthday party. Will he actually manage to arrive on time? This fun and interactive board book features a large clock with hands that children will be able to move according to the time mentioned in the story, using other clocks in the vibrant illustrations as clues. Ramón es un ratón muy despistado. Las cosas más minúsculas lo distraen y causan que llegue tarde a todas sus citas. Sin embargo, su sobrina lo ha invitado hoy a su...

In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. En este poético libro de memorias—ganador del premio Pura Belpré de autor, finalista del premio de YALSA de no ficción y premio de honor Walter Dean Myers—la aclamada autora Margarita Engle recrea su infancia, que transcurrió a caballo entre dos culturas durante la Guerra Fría. Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother’s tropical island...

"Por medio de prosa simple y dulce, y las ilustaciones vivas, de este tierno libro anima al comportamiento positivo así muestra a los niños que fácil y gratificante es expresar como ser simpatico, apreciado, y amado todos los días."--Fishpond.com.au.