Cómo funcionan los ecosistemas

What keeps objects from floating out of your hand? What if your feet drifted away from the ground? What stops everything from floating into space? Gravity. As in his previous books, Redwoods, Coral Reefs, and Island, Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to young readers in this unusual, innovative, and very beautiful book.

La oveja es un animal herbívoro porque se alimenta de hierba. Es vertebrado, es decir, tiene huesos. Es mamífero y como tal, nace del vientre de la madre y de recién nacido se alimenta de la leche de sus mamas. Tiene cuatro patas y un rabo. Su cuerpo está cubierto de lana que durante el verano se corta y a eso se le llama esquilar. La lana se utiliza para hacer prendas de vestir. De la oveja también aprovechamos la carne para alimentarnos. Un conjunto de ovejas se llama rebaño, su voz se llama balar y su casa redil. El macho es el carnero y las crías son los corderos. Este título...

In this biographical book, young readers will learn about the brave life of Harriet Tubman. Readers will discover how Tubman bravely escaped from her life as a slave to cross the Mason-Dixon line into freedom and how she helped hundreds of other slaves into freedom through the Underground Railroad with the help of abolitionists. The vivid images, stunning facts, and supportive text work in conjunction with the helpful glossary, index, and timeline of Tubman's life to give readers an engaging experience as they move from cover to cover. This book has been translated into Spanish.

Children will love the books in this witty, comic-like series on fine arts. With such subjects as awful art, these books succeed in capturing young readers' attention and sustain their interest through engaging illustrations and clever humor. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.