El Avestruz

This book introduces you to giraffes, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.

These titles look at many of the animals typically found in zoos, covering such topics as appearance, behavior, and babies. Vivid photographs compare the habitat and diet of each animal, both in the wild and the zoo.

This title in the Que esta Despierto? (What's Awake?) series explores the behavior of this backyard nocturnal animal. Photographs enhance the text which explains why the animal is out at night and what it does in the day. (Text in Spanish.).

The combination of violins, trumpets, sombreros, and song possesses the power to not only lighten the heart but weigh it down as well. This book journeys to the time and place where mariachi music originated and reveals the various musical traditions that combined to form the richest, most popular, and most highly regarded tradition of Mexico. La combinación de violines, trompetas, sombreros y canciones capaces de desgarrar o alegrar el corazón de cualquiera, mexicano o extranjero. Este libro viaja a través del tiempo y las regiones donde se originó el mariachi y descubre las distintas...

Describes where fossil fuels come from, their uses and forms, the harm they cause to the environment, and sources of renewable energy.

Though few may know his name, his achievement as the first European to discover San Diego Bay and many other areas on the California coast enshrines his name in the annals of American history. This exciting volume tells Cabrillo's story from an unknown soldier to the intrepid conquistador, crossbowman, landowner, shipbuilder, and explorer he became. As one of Hernan Cortes' soldiers during the conquest of Mexico and a founder of Guatemala, his actions loomed large in the future of both South America and North America. By both educating and entertaining, this biography illuminates a...

Un interesante retrato o autorretrato de cada artista nos introduce en cada uno de los capítulos de este formidable libro sobre el mundo de la pintura.A continuación, verás su obra más emblemática a todo color. El ameno y entretenido texto te va a permitir entrar en el taller de cada uno de estos pintores.Y las magníficas ilustraciones en color te olerán a óleo y casi podrás oír el ruido del pincel sobre el lienzo; Dentro del libro también encontrarás algunas ventanitas que te ofrecen más información, como por ejemplo ¿Sabías que...?, con interesantes curiosidades biográficas ...