Grandes Migraciones

Christopher Columbus most likely wasn’t the person to discover the Americas. He wasn’t even the first European to do so! Despite that, his three trips to the Western Hemisphere led to many more European explorers heading in that direction. In this volume, readers familiar with Columbus’s travels on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria can learn who Columbus was beyond his travels. Supported by full-color and historic images, interesting main content turns what readers think they know about the life of Columbus on its head while expounding on an important period in the history of the world.

Germs Are Not for Sharing/Los gérmenes no son para compartir paperback (ages 4–7): Sneezes, coughs, runny noses, spills, and messes are facts of everyday life with young children. This book teaches kids what germs are, what they do, and why it’s so important to cover them up, block them from spreading, and wash them down the drain. Includes tips for parents and caregivers.

El amor que sentimos por “el tigre que come de la mano”, como se ha llamado en Japón al más doméstico de los felinos, no es un fenómeno reciente. Venerado por los antiguos egipcios, compañía silenciosa de artistas y poetas, de magos y de brujas, adorado por igual en Oriente y Occidente, en todas las épocas y las culturas el ser humano le rindió culto al gato e intentó dar cuenta de su belleza y misterio. ¿Qué los vuelve seres tan especiales? ¿Por qué nos fascinan tanto? Con enorme gracia y erudición, Carl Van Vechten explora aquí la figura del gato en la literatura, la...

It takes different parts to build a house. The floor is built first. Walls need to be added next. Windows and doors, too. Learn about the steps it takes to build a house. Paired to the fiction title We Have a Box.