Primavera

This book introduces you to giraffes, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.

This book introduces you to hippopotamuses, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.

Get a close-up look at animals in the zoo, from appearance to behavior to babies. This series uses vivid photos to compare life in the wild and life in captivity in terms of habitat, activity, and diet.

In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the graffiti street art movement pioneer. Jean-Michel was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father was from Haiti and his mother was Puerto Rican–American. As a child, his gift for art was noticed by his teachers and nurtured by his mother. After struggling in high school, he gained recognition as part of the graffito duo SAMO that spray-painted cryptic messages and images around the landscape of Manhattan's Lower East Side. He eventually made his way to the New York gallery ...

Presents poetry by the editors and by poets from Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Argentina, along with traditional verse.

Marcos representa la pureza evangélica, la novedad, el evangelio sin pactos ni residuos. Se rasgan los cielos, se rasga la túnica del Sumo Sacerdote, se rasga la cortina del templo; ¿se rasga Israel? Marcos 'desteje' lo antiguo. Jesús es la historia de una profunda experiencia que se transfigura en kerygma salvador, que va derrumbando a su paso todo lo viejo. Bajo la pluma de Marcos los acontecimientos y las personas se iluminan para adquirir un nuevo significado. Marcos ha sabido canalizar el misterio de Jesús en un molde poliédrico. Es un evangelio sumamente ordenado y tan profundo,...

En El vuelo de la razón (Goya, pintor de la libertad), Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) repasa su existencia al hilo de tres momentos de su vida (mientras pinta tres de sus cuadros más emblemáticos). En 1800, realiza La familia de Carlos IV, obra realista y nada complaciente con los personajes retratados. En 1814, tras la Guerra de la Independencia y el final de la ocupación francesa, pinta Los fusilamientos del 3 de mayo de 1808, cuadro donde aspira a hacer oír, «por medio del pincel», el grito de la humanidad oprimida. Ese mismo año, el nuevo rey Fernando VII, entra en Madrid, disuelve ...