Deportes espectaculares: El hockey: Conteo (Spectacular Sports: Hockey: Coun...)

When Nina, Maricela, and Alejandro decide to help some homeless people living near their school in Los Angeles, the issue of homelessness becomes personal when they discover that it is affecting a friend. With help from their 5th grade teacher, they decide to take action and help those in need. This 32-page realistic fiction book features full-color illustrations, diverse characters, and a short chapter format. Capture the interest of reluctant and struggling readers with hi-lo text.

Los males menores, compuesto de treinta y ocho microrrelatos, es un ejemplo claro de la maestría literaria de Luis Mateo Díez. Dado que el género se presta, como ningún otro, a la experimentación, el autor se acerca en esta obra a los límites de la condensación, la intensidad, la expresividad y la imaginación para llamarnos la atención sobre la fragilidad de la vida humana, lo paradójico de la existencia y lo ambiguo de nuestra conducta, o mostrarnos los anhelos más recónditos, así como el lado oscuro de los sueños.

This beginner's guide offers a first glimpse into the natural world of amphibians. This addition to the acclaimed About... series uses simple, easy-to-understand language to teach younger children what amphibians are, how they look, how they move, what they eat, and where they live. With beautifully detailed, realistic paintings, noted wildlife illustrator John Sill introduces readers to a variety of amphibians, from frogs and toads to salamanders and more. An afterword provides details on the animals featured and inspires readers to learn more.

La figura de Federico García Lorca abarca, tanto en España como en el exterior, mucho más que su literatura. Su poesía, traducida a infinidad de lenguas, recorre paisajes, hurga en tradiciones y denuncia injusticias con la maestría de quien ha sabido utilizar la pluma como pocos, y sus libros continúan leyéndose sin atender al paso del tiempo ni a las arbitrariedades de la moda. En este libro, se ofrecen al lector clásicos lorquianos como el Romancero gitano o el Poema del cante jondo, junto con las dos conferencias pronunciadas por el poeta en la presentación de los mismos, además...

When Vladan Borojevic googles the name of his father Nedeljko, a former officer in the Yugoslav People's Army, supposedly killed in the civil war after the decay of Yugoslavia, he unexpectedly discovers a dark family secret which recollects the events of 1991. Seventeen years later, Vladan's discovery that he is the son of a fugitive war criminal sends him off on a journey around the Balkans to find his elusive father. The story of the Borojevic family strings and juxtaposes images of the Balkans past and present, but mainly deals with the tragic fates of people who managed to avoid the...