El hipopótamo

Get a close-up look at animals in the zoo, from appearance to behavior to babies. This series uses vivid photos to compare life in the wild and life in captivity in terms of habitat, activity, and diet.

Can you find these in the book? robin, tulip. What is your favorite season? Books in the Seasons series explore seasonal changes from a child's point of view. Fin out about the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells that each season brings.

This book introduces you to giraffes, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.

These titles look at many of the animals typically found in zoos, covering such topics as appearance, behavior, and babies. Vivid photographs compare the habitat and diet of each animal, both in the wild and the zoo.

Este libro afronta el problema de la interrelación entre arte y conocimiento desde la definición de un objeto de estudio en el que ambos factores concurren ineludiblemente: la ilustración gráfica. Para ello parte de un concepto de ilustración que, más allá de la común valoración utilitaria y subrogada al texto, está profundamente implicado con el psiquismo, la cultura, el arte y la ciencia occidental. Se perfila así lo que es no ya solo un género creativo, sino una categoría de naturaleza dúplice, esto es, estética y epistemológica. La ilustración gráfica pertenece a un...

Inspirada en la reflexión serena sobre la realidad íntima y sobre la existencia, la obra de Francisco Brines, reunida aquí en edición definitiva, trasluce coherencia y constancia, y, a la vez, sutiles transformaciones. Así, la lucidez precoz de Las brasas (1960, Premio Adonais 1959) da paso a los poemas histórico-narrativos que conforman Materia narrativa inexacta (1965) y al sinuoso y reflexivo Palabras a la oscuridad (1966, Premio de la Crítica). Aún no (1971) abre caminos nuevos, como la sátira y un desgarrado existencialismo que preconiza la visión desengañada y metafísica de...

Many insects hatch from eggs and molt several times as they grow bigger. Others, such as butterflies, undergo a complete metamorphosis. A common science curriculum topic, insect life cycles may be confusing because of these differences. However, this book breaks down these cycles into easy-to-understand steps in both accessible language and colorful diagrams readers can turn to for review again and again. The most important vocabulary needed to talk about insect life cycles is further explained in fact boxes and an extended glossary.

Introduces the holiday Cinco de Mayo and describes how it is celebrated in Mexico and in the United States.