Una mano a la Tierra: Salvando el medio ambiente (Hand to Earth: Saving the Environment)

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,...

Readers learn about the various animals that need help and what they can do to make a difference through volunteerism in this engaging book. Discover different programs and organizations that work to protect animals, animal habitats, and endangered species through vibrant images and charts and informational text. Featuring a list of helpful and useful websites, this Spanish-translated nonfiction title encourages readers to take part in animal activism in any way they can--from baking homemade dog biscuits to exploring careers that help sick or injured animals.

The author tells about the origin and development of two Spanish romances: The Alfambra woman buried alive and The lovers of Teruel. The first recounts the infidelity of a lecherous woman, the Countess of Alfambra, who betrays her husband by delivering him to his enemy; and whose final dénouement is the defeat of the adulterous couple and their being condemned to death by being burnt at the stake. The Story of the Lovers of Teruel recounts the tragic life of one of the members of the Marcilla family, enamoured of a rich damsel who returned his love. However, her father's refusal to consent...

Cuentos cortos sobre el mundo real con los que aprenderás y te harán soñar de la mano de la prestigiosa Enciclopedia Británica. ¿Por qué dormimos? ¿Cómo hacen los tiburones para dar cabezaditas bajo el agua? ¿Cuál es la cama más cara del mundo? Encontrarás las respuestas a estas y otras muchas preguntas en esta recopilación de historias reales para leer en cinco minutos. Prepárate para viajar al antiguo Egipto y examinar las camas de Tutankamón, volar al espacio y ver cómo los astronautas se preparan para acostarse, o sumergirte en el agua para descubrir que, cuando hibernan,...

Learn how division makes planning a birthday party fun and easy! This Spanish book combines mathematics and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples of problem solving to teach math and language arts content. Students will be engaged in reading about what is involved with planning the perfect birthday party, from buying enough food to shopping for the cake and decorations-and learn division along the way! The glossary, index, and table of contents will further understanding of reading and math concepts. The full-color images, practice problems, and math graphs and charts make...

Los temas de sus Odas son variadísimos, en ellas se exalta la amistad, el amor, la vida rústica o la grandeza de Roma. Sus motivos son también muy diferentes, en unas es un convite o un ánfora de vino o un pasaje de la mitología; en otras, lo será una reflexión moral, un suceso de la vida corriente o un elogio del emperador. En los Épodos predominan con más frecuencia los temas de tipo satírico aunque encontramos también temas amorosos o báquicos. Sin embargo, en la poesía de la Antigüedad los géneros vienen determinados por la métrica y no por la temática, así las Odas...