El taller de Quetzal Mayo 2020

Deserts are the driest places on Earth, but they’re full of life! Cacti, kangaroo rats, shrubs, foxes, and more have found ways to adapt to the extreme temperatures and dry conditions of deserts around the world. Readers learn about many of these adaptations as well as the major features of the desert biome. Simple maps highlight some of the biggest deserts, helping readers learn map skills. Full-color photographs reinforce accessible information about the desert ecosystem, including a concluding message of conservation.

Though few may know his name, his achievement as the first European to discover San Diego Bay and many other areas on the California coast enshrines his name in the annals of American history. This exciting volume tells Cabrillo's story from an unknown soldier to the intrepid conquistador, crossbowman, landowner, shipbuilder, and explorer he became. As one of Hernan Cortes' soldiers during the conquest of Mexico and a founder of Guatemala, his actions loomed large in the future of both South America and North America. By both educating and entertaining, this biography illuminates a...

Adems de ser uno de los mejores novelistas europeos, Ea de Queirs escribi, durante los aos en que ejerci de cnsul, algunas de las ms atractivas crnicas de la historia del periodismo. Ecos de Pars rene escritos que envi regularmente al peridico brasileo Gazeta de Notcias, donde tambin colaboraron Machado de Assis, Oliveira Martins y Ramalho Ortigao.

El niño Jesús se ha perdido, no está en el nacimiento la noche de Reyes. Una niña se da cuenta y sale a buscarlo entre ruinas y escombros. Una historia que mira hacia la destrucción que provoca la guerra desde el punto de vista de la esperanza que aportan