El mundo es mi casa

Describes the ancient giant kangaroo of Australia's distant past that was five times the size of today's largest kangaroos. Discusses how the animal lived and how it became extinct.

La Guerra Civil cortó bruscamente la riqueza poética inmediatamente anterior a su estallido, y en los primeros años de la dictadura hubo que reconstruir no sólo un país en ruinas, sino también una poesía gravemente mutilada por las muertes (Unamuno, Lorca, A. Machado, Miguel Hernández…) y el exilio (casi todos los miembros del 27, Juan Ramón, León Felipe…). En ese contexto nace la poesía de posguerra, que si bien en un principio, como dice Emilio Alarcos, era natural que «después de las hostilidades, como reacción ante una realidad hosca, buscase la tranquilidad de ánimo,...

GRADES PK–2: This 16-page Spanish title (8’’ x 8’’) introduces early readers to the spotted hyena: how they find food, interact with social groups, and more! FEATURES: Simple Spanish text and vivid photos present fascinating facts about an amazing African animal. Comprehension questions are included to advance learning. EARLY BILINGUAL LITERACY: Help young learners strengthen their bilingual skills—add the English version of this title into your collection, too. BUILD A LIBRARY: Collect every title from the collection to stock your home or classroom library. Reading together is a...

"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...