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.

Jonas y Gregoire son dos amigos de 15 anos. Jonas ve en Suzanne, hermana de Gregoire, el modelo de una juventud revolucionaria y comprometida que a el le atrae mucho. Gregoire ve en la misteriosa Srta. X a su chica ideal. En ambos casos, estos amigos muy pronto aprenderan la decepcionante naturalezade los idolos y el verdadero valor de la amistad. Y cambiaran sus vidas para siempre...

La cultura medieval islámica ha dado figuras espléndidas. Omar Jayyam, poeta y filósofo, algebrista y astrónomo, es sin duda la más fascinante de todas. Su pensamiento fue heterodoxo, su saber inmenso, su obra variadísima. De lo que nos ha llegado de su poesía no siempre es fácil distinguir lo auténtico de lo apócrifo, y de lo que sabemos de su vida, la historia de la leyenda. Su más importante aportación algebraica, la resolución sistemática de las ecuaciones cúbicas cortando cónicas, se procurará poner al alcance de un lector moderno sin alterar las ideas de fondo.

It was September 14, 1814, and America and Great Britain were at war. Frances Scott Key watched from the deck of a British ship, where he was being held captive, as cannons exploded around them. After 25 hours, the fighting ceased and Key peered through the clearing smoke, looking for some sign as to the outcome of the battle. Was the American flag still flying? His wartime experience inspired Key to write a poem, which was later set to music and became America’s national anthem. This book tells the story of the inspiration behind our national anthem, which helped transform the flag into a...

Dice la higuera que hace muchos años, una tarde asoleada, su vida cambió de pronto cuando escuchó claramente que se abrió el portón de la calle y apareció Octavio, que abría muy grandes los ojos azules conociéndolo todo con curiosidad. Así el inicio de la vida de uno de los autores más importantes de México, único ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura.