Una mano a la pata: Protegiendo los animales (Hand to Paw: Protecting Animals) 6-Pack

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,...

Introduce readers to the various ways they can participate in volunteerism with this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Readers will discover many different charities and programs, including The Salvation Army, Feeding America, Habitat for Humanity, and Doctors Without Borders through vivid images, charts, and informational text. This nonfiction title aids in encouraging children to make a difference in their own communities by writing to newspapers or politicians or by participating in fund-raising and various programs or charities.

Help readers make a difference by encouraging them to learn about the various ways the environment needs our help and the things they can do to reduce their carbon footprint. Readers will learn about the effects of pollution, fossil fuels, renewable and non-renewable resources, deforestation, and recycling through interesting images and charts and informational text. This Spanish-translated nonfiction title features a glossary of terms and a list of helpful websites that encourages children to take part in helping the environment in many different ways.

One of the most popular narrators of his time, Arthur Conan Doyle, was a visionary man with attitudes which were far ahead of his time. In this book we will know in depth his biography, his work, beyond the creation of the illustrious Sherlock Holmes, and his spiritualistic inquisitiveness.

Múltiples elementos constituyen el andamiaje dramático de El perro del hortelano de Lope de Vega, una de las comedias más delciosas del teatro español del siglo XVII. Su personaje central, Diana, mueve prácticamente los hilos de la acción, basada en un conflicto amoroso y social, de continuos enredos y engaños, de falsas identidades, y de una ansiedad sexual que refrena el decoro, la posición jerárquica y la estima social. Amor y celos, frustración sexual y deseo, envidia y formas de decoro, inteligencia y engaño, gracia lungüística y chiste apicarado, constituyen el imán de...

Aunque tener buenos amigos es una aspiración permanente, no es fácil. Para ello, hay que saber y querer tener amigos y poner los medios adecuados. La improvisación -"vivir sobre la marcha"- no da buenos resultados. Y así, todo esfuerzo para poner por obra las nociones básicas acerca de la amistad da buenos resultados. En estas páginas encontrarás esas ideas.

Edith Stein Courant nació en 1891 en Bresláu (Polonia), en el seno de una familia judía de clase media. De carácter fuerte, alegre y voluntarioso, Edith pronto destacó en la escuela por su compañerismo e inteligencia. Su espíritu de superación la llevó siempre a buscar la verdad sobre el ser humano y el mundo. En 1921 leyó la autobiografía de santa Teresa de Jesús y tomó la firme decisión de convertirse al catolicismo. En 1934 se hizo carmelita descalza. Trabajó en estudios filosóficos sobre santo Tomás de Aquino y san Juan de la Cruz, mientras era perseguida por su...