Vivo cerca de un desierto (There's a Desert in My Backyard!)

Many people around the world live in the forest biome. That’s because temperate forests grow in places where winter isn’t too cold and summer isn’t too hot. Readers learn that we need to care for this biome that’s in so many backyards. Simple, accessible language describes common trees and characteristics of both evergreen and deciduous forests, and full-color photographs highlight their beauty. Animals and their adaptations to this biome are addressed in the main content as well.

La Segunda Guerra Mundial, la invasión nazi en Polonia, el comunismo y la persecución religiosa, la muerte de los seres más cercanos... Karol Wojtila no sólo superó los tiempos difíciles de su país, sino que su liderazgo guió, entonces como estudiante y sacerdote, y después como obispo y Papa, a toda la sociedad hacia los ideales de tolerancia y educación para la paz que necesitaba el mundo. Ideales que siguen presentes pocos años después de su muerte.

Diamonds and salt are both minerals, but diamonds are more rare than salt. Curious readers will learn what physical and chemical conditions must be present for minerals to form. They'll discover how minerals are identified and how they are used in daily life. Informative and interesting text presents readers with this science content in a fun way. A graphic organizer shows how different minerals are identified and fact boxes provide readers with exciting supplementary information.

If we could take a trip to the center of the Earth, what would we find? In this amazing book readers can do just that with the help of a special ship that can handle the extreme heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s crust. Digging through a few miles of the crust is just the start of the nearly 4,000-mile journey to Earth’s core. Readers might be surprised to find that not all of the trip is through solid rock, as the intense heat does strange and amazing things to the material that makes up our planet!

La verdadera e inspiradora historia de una pequeña cachorrita en su trayecto hacia convertirse en perra de servicio. A tan solo ocho semanas de edad, Tella es llevada con su "criador de cachorros" y asiste a la escuela de perros por más de un año. Progresa hasta el entrenamiento avanzado cuando la hacen compañera de un chico muy especial llamado Ian. Juntos, Ian y Nutella, se enfrentarán al mundo.