Una mano a la Tierra: Salvando el medio ambiente (Hand to Earth: Saving the Environment)

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,...

Encourage readers to learn about the various animals that need help and what they can do to make a difference through volunteerism in this inspiring, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Readers will discover different programs and organizations that work to protect animals, animal habitats, and endangered species through vibrant images and charts and informational text. Featuring a list of helpful and useful websites, this nonfiction title encourages readers to take part in animal activism in any way they can--from baking homemade dog biscuits to exploring careers that help sick or injured...

Describes the impact of the Ford Model T automobile and the assembly line that built it on the automotive industry and American society, and recounts the life and career of their inventor, Henry Ford.

"Simple text and photographs present scarecrows in fall-- in both English and Spanish"--Provided by publisher.

Andrés está harto del colegio, de los granos, del rollo de su madre, de la plasta de su hermana, de Jorge el "birlanovias", de la vida en general y del profesor de historia en particular. Dani y él se han propuesto cambiar el mundo y hacen un conjuro que les hará inmunes a las fantasmadas de pijos, pelotas y demás aves carroñeras y los convertirá en héroes. Bueno, al menos eso es lo que estaba previsto. Si luego las cosas se tuercen...

Concebido como un homenaje al volumen de relatos De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de amor, de Raymond Carver --uno de los autores norteamericanos que Murakami ha traducido al japonés--, este libro es tal vez el más personal de los suyos, donde manifiesta más ampliamente sus opiniones sobre la literatura y sus propias obras. Con él, además, Murakami se inscribe en la tradición de aquellos autores que dedicaron una de sus obras a su deporte favorito.--Desde la descripción de la editorial.