La Jirafa

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.

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.).

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.

A Swedish engineer arrives in Tenerife on a business trip. But it is Carnival time. Ullman soon learns that, during Carnival, one had better join the celebration.

In this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War. En este poético libro de memorias—ganador del premio Pura Belpré de autor, finalista del premio de YALSA de no ficción y premio de honor Walter Dean Myers—la aclamada autora Margarita Engle recrea su infancia, que transcurrió a caballo entre dos culturas durante la Guerra Fría. Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother’s tropical island...

Humphrey Carpenter, autor entre otros libros de una biografia del poeta W.H. Auden, narra en esta obra la larga carrera de J.R.R. Tolkien desde las vicisitudes de una infancia dificil a los trabajos y obligaciones de la vida academica, como profesor en la Universidad de Oxford. Carpenter ha escrito esta primera biografia del creador de la Tierra Media, consultando documentos ineditos, y entrevistando a parientes y amigos.