Enciclopedia Britannica para niños 2: Animales y vegetales / Britannica All New Kids' Encyclopedia: Life

LA ENCICLOPEDIA BRITÁNICA PARA NIÑOS. APRENDE Y DISFRUTA CON SU FORMATO REGALO. ¿Estás preparado para una aventura alucinante en el mundo animal? Adéntrate en las maravillas de la naturaleza con la increíble Enciclopedia Británica, la enciclopedia más reconocida y rigurosa del mundo. ¿Sabías que los primeros indicios de vida son de hace más de 3.700 millones de años? ¿O que más del 99,9 % de las especies que en algún momento vivieron se han extinguido? ¿Y que el tiburón de Groenlandia puede vivir más de 500 años? Conocerás a los animales más impresionantes, explorarás...

En el año 1630, la caza de brujas siembra el pánico en toda Europa. Mujeres y hasta familias enteras son víctimas de la inquisición. En un pueblo de Alemania comienzan a surgir rumores acerca de Nina y sus visiones premonitorias. Al ser las amenazas cada vez más siniestras, Nina abandona la casa de sus tíos portando el amuleto de su madre, a la que quemaron por bruja tiempo atrás. Ese amuleto la orientará en todo su camino.

Electricity affects every part of our lives, but we don't always think about it. We turn the lights on every day without wondering how the electricity gets there. Electricians are the reason we don't always have to worry that the lights are going to stop working and the people we can help if they do. Electricians don't just have to use their intelligence, they also have to be good with their hands. They have to be able to work with many different people and know what to do in case of an electrical emergency. Electricians keep our world running. Instructive, colorful photographs and diagrams...

Poems celebrating the life and work of Cesar Chavez and the Mexican American labor movement in the 20th century. This thoughtful and beautiful biography illuminates not only the events that made up the great labor leader's life, but also the ideals and inspiration that are his legacy.

Trained originally in the French classical manner, Matisse was inspired by the Impressionists and Cezanne to create a style that brought out the beauty of color, form and line by reducing them to the bare essentials. While considered a leader of the Fauves and an inspiration to most of the great figures in modern art, he wasn't interested in being associated with any school or trend. A family man who worked 'office hours' in his studio, he defies the image of the artist as a tortured soul. In a career spanning six decades, he produced masterpiece after masterpiece that constantly challenge...