Amor y otros vicios

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children's books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for the film Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these deadly dinosaurs face-to-face: The Variraptor had pointy teeth with grooves like steak knives to saw through meat! The Draeomaeosaurus was the first raptor ever discovered. It had a very large brain! The Microraptor was ...

El protagonista tiene 12 años, está a punto de empezar el instituto y su destino es convertirse en un granjero o en un carnicero como cualquiera de sus vecinos. Pero él es distinto. Él tiene un sueño: convertirse en un guerrero y vencer a los monstruos que atacan continuamente su aldea. Así que cuando llega a sus oídos la noticia de que los cinco mejores estudiantes del instituto serán seleccionados para seguir un entrenamiento para convertirse en guerreros, va a hacer todo lo que esté a su alcance para ser uno de los elegidos.

When people think of soft things, they immediately conjure up images of furry bunnies and similarly textured animals and objects. This inviting book helps young readers to do the same, as learning about textures is an important tenet of the early elementary curriculum. Carefully selected photographs of soft objects make the concept of texture clear to the reader as well as aid in vocabulary acquisition.

Exploración espacial is one book in the Spanish-language Gran Atlas de la Ciencia series that covers today's most popular science topics, from digital TV to microchips to touchscreens and beyond. Perennial subjects in earth science, life science, and physical science are all explored in detail. Amazing graphics--more than 1,000 per title--combined with concise summaries help students understand complex subjects. Correlated to the science curriculum in grades 5-9, each title also contains a glossary with full definitions for vocabulary.