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.

Thomas Edison is considered by many to be one of the greatest inventors of all time. His creations changed the world, but there was more to his life than just his inventions. Readers of this engaging volume will learn all about the man behind the innovations. This fascinating biography introduces important subjects and encourages a further interest in history. Concise and accessible text paired with vibrant photographs is sure to captivate audiences of many ages and levels.

A pesar de que al público le resulta difícil de entender y muchos críticos lo han declarado muerto, el arte nunca ha estado más vivo que en la actualidad. En sus nuevas formas, que han invadido el mundo en un contexto internacional cada vez más dinámico, por todas partes surgen exposiciones, museos y colecciones. ¿Se trata de una expansión únicamente mercantil, o hay que reconocer que todavía queda poesía en lo que denominamos arte contemporáneo? ¿Cómo estamos dispuestos a definir el arte? ¿Cómo funciona el sistema que le atribuye valor?

Cuerpo y saber está compuesto por tres capítulos que reflexionan sobre el objeto de estudio de la psicomotricidad. El primer capítulo, que da nombre al libro, se ocupa del desarrollo de las díadas conceptuales saber-conocer, cuerpo-organismo, motricidad-psicomotricidad. El segundo, "Edipo en el Árbol de la Sabiduría", despliega una lectura del mito de Edipo, desde la perspectiva del objeto de estudio de la psicomotricidad, lo cual da cuenta de cómo una persona sin conocimiento de su pasado orienta su destino utilizando los elementos inconscientes del saber que su experiencia corporal...

There is so much to explore in the Amazon! Readers are taken on an adventure through the Amazon rainforest to learn about the lush plants and beautiful animals, deforestation, and rainforest conservation in this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title that features striking photographs and riveting facts.