Una mano a la pata: Protegiendo los animales (Hand to Paw: Protecting Animals) (Spanish Version)

Animal trainers care for many different types of animals! Children will explore some of the methods that trainers use, such as affection bonding and classical and operant conditioning, while simultaneously gaining an understanding of animal instincts and animal rehabilitation. Readers are invited to learn about the variety of animals that trainers work with and are encouraged to find an area of study to focus on if they want to become an animal trainer. With stunning images, interesting facts, a glossary of useful terms, informational text, and an interview with a real-life animal trainer,...

Help readers make a difference by encouraging them to learn about the various ways the environment needs our help and the things they can do to reduce their carbon footprint. Readers will learn about the effects of pollution, fossil fuels, renewable and non-renewable resources, deforestation, and recycling through interesting images and charts and informational text. This Spanish-translated nonfiction title features a glossary of terms and a list of helpful websites that encourages children to take part in helping the environment in many different ways.

Introduce readers to the various ways they can participate in volunteerism with this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Readers will discover many different charities and programs, including The Salvation Army, Feeding America, Habitat for Humanity, and Doctors Without Borders through vivid images, charts, and informational text. This nonfiction title aids in encouraging children to make a difference in their own communities by writing to newspapers or politicians or by participating in fund-raising and various programs or charities.

Finales de los años noventa. La policía danesa encuentra en una casa de veraneo los cadáveres de dos hermanos que han sido brutalmente asesinados. Las sospechas recaen sobre unos jóvenes de buena familia, conocidos por su afición a la violencia. Tiempo después, uno de ellos se entrega y confiesa el crimen. Sin embargo, veinte años más tarde, los archivos del caso aparecen en el Departamento Q. ¿Qué oscuros secretos esconde aún el círculo de amigos? ¿Cuál es el paradero de la enigmática mujer de los mil rostros, la única mujer del grupo?

"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...

Las XLII Jornadas de teatro clásico de Almagro se centraron en el teatro novohispano y, especialmente, en la figura y en la obra de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Estas actas reúnen los trabajos presentados en las sesiones que tuvieron lugar en Almagro en julio de 2019. Se abre el volumen con la transcripción del interesante diálogo mantenido entre Beatriz Aracil y Margo Glantz sobre Sor Juana, al que siguen tres trabajos sobre esta importante escritora. A continuación, encontramos dos trabajos sobre Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y uno sobre el teatro evangelizador novohispano. Para cerrar, se...

Explains the basics of the most powerful machines around town and describes their major parts and functions, featuring dynamic photographs that will make little ones feel as though they are in the driver's seat.