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"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...

Este libro ilustrado para niños y jóvenes describe doce especies de animales que obtienen su alimento de forma muy peculiar.

Esta antología encierra en todas sus páginas toda la sensibilidad y la curiosidad de un hombre que sabe contar historias y que utiliza la poesía como medio para transmitirlas. José Hierro escribe sus poemas con palabras sencillas que suenan como una composición musical porque para él la poesía no es presumir con imágenes de listillo.

Besides oil, Texas has long been associated with cattle and agriculture. Learning about these industries will allow readers understand how valuable their development is to the growth of the state of Texas, as well as America's economy.