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

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.

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,...

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.

Porque tan solo una decisión te separa de cambiar tu vida. Y quizá esa decisión sea la de abrir este libro. Ser emprendedor no es para todo el mundo. Es duro, debes estar dispuesto a hacer lo necesario para tener éxito. Hay que tener aguante. No quiero meterte miedo, sino más bien prepararte para lo que se te viene encima. Pero si eres una persona creativa en la resolución de conflictos y tienes madera de líder, cuando algo te apasiona no eres capaz de sacártelo de la cabeza y no le temes al fracaso, a los riesgos ni a hacer esfuerzos y sacrificios para conseguir tus objetivos, este...

Toda conducta se produce siempre en función de un contexto y una actitud concretas. La actitud es el factor afectivo-emocional que modula la conducta y la transforma en la singular actuación de cada uno de nosotros ante una situación determinada. La conducta y la actitud, sumada a las actuaciones, hacen aflorar un rasgo fundamental del sujeto: su esencial inestabilidad, el hecho de estar en un proceso constante de construcción y deconstrucción con el que se adapta a cada contexto. Esta oscilación entre la versatilidad de la conducta humana y la necesidad de conquistarse una identidad...

In this book, a colorful illustrated character bundles up to battle the cold weather before shoveling the fresh snow. With easy-to-read text, early readers will watch snow become a snowman with the help of some hard work and a big hat!

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.