It’s a Dragonfly! / ¡Es una libélula!

Readers begin to explore the vastness of our universe in this engaging volume. They start with subjects such as comets, meteors, planets, and more. Vivid full-page photographs accompany accessible text in both English and standard Latin-American Spanish.

Today is Mauro's Birthday. Everything is ready for the celebration; his friends have a lot of presents for him.

In AD 79, the residents of the booming Roman city of Pompeii were shocked when a nearby mountain exploded, releasing superhot ash, rock, and gas on the surrounding areas. What happens next is the extraordinary account of a volcano in action. Though the people who didn't flee Pompeii were doomed, the volcano preserved their remains, allowing us to better understand a fascinating time in the Roman Empire. Astonishing photographs of Pompeii, primary source records of the occurrence, and riveting text are just some highlights of this high-interest volume.

A lift-the-flap book showing milestones in a baby's development during pregnancy and the mother's experiences as it grows.

Bajo la apariencia de un simple ladrón, un psicópata, un sicario o un tipo anónimo y gris que, llevado por sus demonios interiores, se ve abocado al crimen, puede apreciarse el decisivo rol que la figura del asesino ha tenido a lo largo de la historia del género negro hasta erigirse, como el detective o la clásica femme fatale, en protagonista habitual del mismo. El presente libro supone un acercamiento ameno y riguroso, desgranado por algunos de los mejores especialistas en la actualidad. Nombres como los de Jesús Palacios, Enrique Urbizu, Paco Camarasa, Juan Madrid o Amir Valle, entre ...