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.

El abuso sexual infantil, la violencia intrafamiliar y la violencia de género constituyen realidades dolorosas que marcan, de una u otra forma, la vida de los seres humanos que han tenido el infortunio de sufrir estas experiencias. Uno de los aspectos más lamentables relacionado con esta problemática es que la mayoría de situaciones violentas tienen lugar en el hogar, de puertas para adentro, donde cada ser humano debería sentirse feliz y protegido. La violencia de puertas para adentro es un libro que invita a comprender y reflexionar, desde los ojos de las víctimas, las batallas...

From art and architecture to politics, philosophy, and mathematics, "western civilization" owes a great deal to the achievements of ancient Greece, but what do we really know about this long-gone civilization? How did geography influence the politics of the Greek city-states? What's the difference between an agora and an acropolis? This book takes readers several thousand years into the past, when independent city-states ruled the Mediterranean Sea, to find the answers. Full-color photographs and maps, accompanied by accessible text, introduce readers to the many contributions the ancient...

Now available in Spanish bilingual editions, this best-selling series offers big, brainy science for the littlest listeners. Accurate enough to satisfy an expert, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the ups and downs of gravity. When baby drops food from a high chair, why does it fall? Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby's sense of wonder. Parents and caregivers may learn a thing or two, as well!

Voces ancestrales, campesinas, cefeticultoras, constructoras de identidad colectiva transgeneracional en Veracruz hablan de su combativa vida común en torno a agrupaciones políticas, instituciones extintas del Estado mexicano (INMECAFE), movilizaciones sociales de los ochenta del pasado siglo XX, el desarrollo comunitario, el aprendizaje y reforzamiento de conocimientos locales diversos. Episodios de tres municipios narrados históricamente en colectividad subjetiva: Ixhuatlán del Café, Cosautlán de Carvajal y Amatlán de los Reyes. Relatos micro y macro de VIDA A.C. y su transformar las ...