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

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.

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...

En este libro, ARTURO RAMONEDA ofrece un manual sencillo que puede resultar de gran utilidad tanto para el profesor como el estudiante que haya de enfrentarse al análisis y comentario de un texto cualquiera. EL COMENTARIO DE TEXTOS: UNA GUÍA PRÁCTICA se divide en dos partes. La primera está integrada por cinco apartados que contienen numerosos ejemplos que sirven para ilustrar la parte teórica. En la segunda se incluyen diversos textos comentados y, junto a las muestras de autores clásicos y contemporáneos (Jorge Manrique, Miguel de Cervantes, Calderón de la Barca, Leandro Fernández...

Garrapata, hombre barrigudo y con una pata de palo, es el terror de los ciudadanos de Londres, aunque por dentro es una buena persona. Un día le proponen que capitanee un barco pirata y no se lo piensa... se ha transformado en el Pirata Garrapata. ¿Qué divertidas peripecias le esperarán en el futuro? Original historia sobre un pirata gruñón que hará disfrutar con sus aventuras y viajes.

Nuevo Prisma nivel C1 Ejercicios es un material elaborado para consolidar y mejorar el aprendizaje de la lengua a través de actividades que practican la comprension auditiva y lectora, la expresion orale y escrita, los elementos lingüisticos y el léxico, siguiendo un enfoque comunicativo, orientado a la accion y centrado en el estudiante. Asimismo, cada unidad incluye un apartado especifico para la preparacion del examen DELE, segun las directrices de los examenes oficiales del Instituto Cervantes, de manera que el estudiante puede trabajar, a través de las diversas actividades propuestas ...

Though few may know his name, his achievement as the first European to discover San Diego Bay and many other areas on the California coast enshrines his name in the annals of American history. This exciting volume tells Cabrillo's story from an unknown soldier to the intrepid conquistador, crossbowman, landowner, shipbuilder, and explorer he became. As one of Hernan Cortes' soldiers during the conquest of Mexico and a founder of Guatemala, his actions loomed large in the future of both South America and North America. By both educating and entertaining, this biography illuminates a...