El hipopótamo

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.

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.

An introduction to ostriches, including their size, diet, and everyday behavior and highlighting differences between those in the wild and those living in zoos.

Trabajadores que me cuidan (Workers Who Take Care of Me) builds critical literacy skills with this exciting Spanish-translated nonfiction reader. Engage students with fascinating content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Focusing on different types of workers, children will be introduced to all the people who work hard to take care of us. This informational text features simple phrases, exact text-to-image relationships, vivid photographs, and large font to encourage students to examine different professions, including doctors, police officers, and firefighters....

«Todos creemos conocer a los que amamos. Pero lo que amamos resulta ser una mala traducción, una traducción hecha por nosotros mismos de un idioma que apenas dominamos.» Pearlie Cook inicia el relato de su vida con una sinuosa y devastadora exploración del misterio que encierra toda relación íntima. Estamos en 1953, y la joven Pearlie vive en San Francisco, donde cuida celosamente de su hijo y de su marido, Holland, de salud delicada desde que volvió de la guerra. Para protegerlo de sobresaltos innecesarios, Pearlie suaviza el sonido de los timbres de la puerta y el teléfono, y...

Young people are always interested in those in the community who make it run, especially uniformed heroes such as firefighters and police officers. This fun volume walks readers around town introducing them to community workers, including the mail carrier, dentist, and librarian. Carefully chosen photographs correlate with the achievable vocabulary and illustrate characteristics of each job.

"Permite que esta historia te lleve al momento de la primeraisima Pascua... desde el emocionante Domingo de Ramos, por el triste Viernes Santo hasta la gran maanana del Domingo de Resurreciaon... aquel daia en que Jesaus mostrao as sus amigos que el amor de Dios es para siempre."--Page 4 of cover.