Australia Y Oceanía

Juan y su pandilla de verano construyen una barca muy especial, con vida propia: La Gaviota. Los pescadores, llenos de envidia y maldad, intentarán acabar con la extraña barca, que sale a la mar sola, por las noches, y vuelve siempre a la playa al amanecer.

Malika tiene nueve años y acaba de llegar de Marruecos con su madre y sus hermanos para reunirse con su padre. Su vida aquí es muy distinta y, como echa muchísimo de menos a su abuela, decide escribirle contándole todo lo que le pasa y siente. Así nace un blog, vistoso y vital, que convierte a Malika en una observadora excepcional de esta cultura tan distinta a la suya. ¡Ah! Y además inventa mil y un planes para traer a la abuela. ¿Lo conseguirá?

Life on Earth depends on carbon. In fact, about 18.5 percent of a human body's mass is carbon. How carbon is taking in and given off through animals' breathing, the burning of fossil fuels, and more can be shown in the model known as the carbon cycle. Though this concept can be confusing, all readers have a chance to understand this concept through the text and simple diagrams in this book. Both struggling readers and those looking for review can find the most important components and vocabulary of the carbon cycle in low-level, accessible text.

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life. Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory, and pain, of being Latino American. Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents. With poets such...