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This starter volume uses everyday examples such as a baseball and a beach ball to demonstrate the contrast between hard and soft objects.

"Provides clues about an owl's physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats in a guessing game format."--From source other than the Library of Congress

Clues about the turtle's physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat lead the reader to guess what animal is being described.

Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russias dying aristocracya man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends, and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid...

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first man to ever walk on the moon! Readers will be engaged from cover to cover as they learn about Armstrong's inspirational career as an astronaut in this biography that features additional information on gravity, NASA, and the moon landing. The vivid images work in conjunction with the supportive text, timeline, glossary, and index to allow for better understanding of the content. This book has been translated into Spanish.

LA reflexión sobre la temporalidad y la memoria que caracteriza la poesía de Francisco Díaz de Castro sitúa a su personaje frente a una indagación del paso del tiempo como una dialéctica compleja entre la conciencia de la pérdida y la afirmación del instante. Como ha dicho Antonio Jiménez Millán, «a partir de una sensualidad que podríamos llamar materialista, la memoria personal, con sus asechanzas, se diluye en la memoria colectiva para dejar más nítido el perfil de un tiempo compartido». Los claroscuros del balance moral en presente y sin excusas recuperan signos, nombres,...

¿Cómo utilizan los animales el color para camuflarse? ¿Por qué algunos tienen colores muy marcados? ¿Por qué cambia de color el camaleón? Irene y su hermano Bruno, siempre tan curiosos, quieren saber la respuesta a estas y a muchas otras preguntas. Acompáñalos en este viaje de conocimiento y descubre a la vez que ellos un montón de curiosidades. Incluye una guía para los padres con amplia información y muchos datos interesantes.