La Jirafa

An introduction to ostriches, including their size, diet, and everyday behavior and highlighting differences between those in the wild and those living in zoos.

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.).

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.

Desde pequeña, cuando Jem mira a alguien a los ojos, puede ver unos números: la fecha en que esa persona morirá. Para muchos esto sería un regalo, pero ella lo considera una carga. Este don la convierte en una joven especial y solitaria, hasta que conoce a Spider y su vida cambia por completo. Paseando un día por Londres con su amigo, Jem presiente que algo malo va a suceder. Esto desencadenará la huida de los dos jóvenes, no sólo de la justicia, sino también de sí mismos y de su propio destino. Ambos se convertirán en fugitivos y dejarán atrás la inocencia, al mismo tiempo que...

Mundo insecto será la guía para enseñarte que a esos animales los necesitamos para sobrevivir. Y la razón es simple: son el principal medio de polinización. Además, este libro trae una completa clasificación de esos pequeños seres.

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

Teaches Young Readers About Shapes And Patterns Using The Seasons Of The Year And Pictures Of Nature.