¡Terremotos! (Earthquakes!) 6-Pack

In this enthralling, Spanish-translated nonfiction title that features informational text, vivid photos, stimulating facts, and colorful diagrams, readers will learn all about tornadoes and hurricanes--from how they are formed to where are they are most common. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Francisco Umbral logra una crónica magistral de la adolescencia y la provincia que va desde el milagrismo de la guerra y la posguerra al realismo cotidiano de la pequeña ciudad; del cielo de España por el que volaban los obispos al infierno de los más duros trabajos de la época, pasando por el purgatorio de la adolescencia.Pío XII, Millán Astral, la Virgen de Fátima y la guardia mora de Franco transitan con naturalidad por esta obra brillante, irónica y melancólica que fue finalista del Premio Planeta 1985.

Animal trainers care for many different types of animals! Children will explore some of the methods that trainers use, such as affection bonding and classical and operant conditioning, while simultaneously gaining an understanding of animal instincts and animal rehabilitation. Readers are invited to learn about the variety of animals that trainers work with and are encouraged to find an area of study to focus on if they want to become an animal trainer. With stunning images, interesting facts, a glossary of useful terms, informational text, and an interview with a real-life animal trainer,...

EL TALLER DE LOS CUENTOS OSCUROS ha nacido para escribir aquello que nos gustaría leer, para embarcarnos en la aventura de buscar respuestas y entrar en la creación literaria casi como en un juego; desguazando las historias, montando y desmontando las piezas una tras otra, en busca de una narración entendida como un mecanismo de relojería, preciso e imprevisible. Los cuentos que conforman este libro son el resultado de esta experiencia sugestiva y reveladora. Asesinatos de muchos calibres, amores rotos, luchadores clandestinos, tristezas urbanas, maridos obsesionados, soñadores...

"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...