Duro Blando

Simple text and color photographs show what life is like on a ranch, covering cattle, corrals, roundups, and other topics.

"Describes living on a ranch including information about corrals, rodeos and roundups."--From source other than the Library of Congress

"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.

Readers are given helpful information about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, including narcotics, hallucinogens, and prescription medications in this Spanish-translated nonfiction book. Through detailed images, diagrams, informational text, an index, a glossary of terms, and a list of websites that provide additional information, readers are given the tools and information they need to educate themselves about addiction, drug abuse, the health and social issues that drugs and alcohol can cause, and how to say no to peer pressure.

María José grieves at the loss of her mother who died in childbirth. She has difficulty sharing her feelings with her father and the distance between them grows with the appearance of a new woman. Her father gets another job which forces them to move to another neighborhood. The new house is small, but is near an ice cream store owned by Mr. Beto. In the store, María José makes friends with girls and boys her own age, but also meets Mr. Beto and his friends. María José and her friends try to help Mr. Beto when he comes down with a sudden illness.

¿Alguna vez has oído hablar de un granjero espacial? Los agricultores espaciales son astronautas que han recibido una formación especial para aprender a cultivar plantas en el espacio exterior. Aprenda sobre el desafío de la agricultura en el espacio ultraterrestre con este libro STEAM de gran interés creado en colaboración con la Institución Smithsonian. Presenta un desafío STEAM práctico que es perfecto para espacios de creación y que guía a los estudiantes paso a paso a través del proceso de diseño de ingeniería. Establezca conexiones profesionales en STEAM con el...

POSORR PO'MORREÑETS: La canción del murciélago es otra de las historias ancestrales de la épica yanesha que recogí directamente de Chomoch, el Paller o sabio de la comunidad nativa Ashaninka-Yanesha san jerónimo de Puerto Yurinaki en la Amazonía peruana que se injerta en esa narración de bimorfismo, hombre-vampiro o hombre-murciélago, que desde Drácula hasta Batman hizo fluir ríos de tinta e hizo soñar a millones de personas. La historia, ambientada en una época en la que los animales tenían características y comportamientos como los humanos, tiene como protagonista a un...