¡Supervivencia! Jungla (Survival! Jungle)

Asteroids and comets shoot straight through space. They just look like bright lights with tails, but there is much more to these fascinating objects! Learn all about asteroids and comets in this Spanish-translated book.

Death Valley is one of the hottest and driest deserts of the world! Readers are taken on an adventure through Death Valley to learn about the plants and animals that survive in this dry, hot desert landscape in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Featuring vivid photographs, informational text, and riveting facts about desert ecology, readers will be fascinated from beginning to end!

There is a bright light in the night sky. Sometimes it is round like a ball, sometimes it is a crescent, and sometimes it is not there at all! What is this strange and changing thing? It is the moon, of course! Read all about our moon and the moons surrounding other planets in this Spanish-translated book.

Imagine being lost and stranded in the desert. Would you know what to do to survive? This useful Spanish-translated nonfiction title explains the important skills needed to survive in the desert. With helpful diagrams and images, definitions, tips and instructions, informational text, a bibliography, and a list of other helpful websites, readers can be assured that they will learn about the dangers of heat exhaustion, desert plants that could aid in survival, and other helpful tips in order to survive in an emergency.

¿No sería increíble que nuestros papás nos adelantaran nuestros regalos de cumpleaños y que al llegar ese día nos hagan, además, una fiesta? ¿O que nos perdonaran pronto las travesuras? El protagonista de estas historias tiene unos padres así, y para él son lo máximo, pues lo apoyan en todo, sin importar lo disparatado de sus ideas, y juntos pasan momentos tanto desastrosos como divertidos. Una serie de ingeniosas historias sobre la unión familiar y los lazos incondicionales.

Las obras de Arte Antiguo de los grandes museos del mundo tienen una historia que se cuenta y otra que se oculta. Sharon Waxman ha investigado esta última: la historia de cómo fueron saqueadas de sus países de origen. Una historia turbia de expolio, sobornos, tráfico, subastas y, en numerosas ocasiones, daño o destrucción. La autora realiza un apasionante recorrido tanto por los principales museos occidentales (el Louvre, el British Museum, el Metropolitan de Nueva York...), como por los lugares de procedencia de las antigüedades (Egipto, Turquía, Grecia, Italia...), evocando los...

In 1991, preparation for the construction of a new federal office building led to a startling discovery: a skeleton. Further excavation exposed the bones of 420 men, women, and children. This area of New York had been a burial ground set aside for both free and enslaved Africans during the 1600s and 1700s. It’s thought to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. This noteworthy book—which includes sidebars, fact boxes, a timeline, and maps—fills in the gaps of history books, exposing much about what life was like in colonial New York for Africans.

Este libro ilustrado para niños recrea escenas del béisbol para enseñar a contar del 0 al 20 mediante versos en rima. Las reglas y la cultura del juego se muestran a través de una competencia.