El hipopótamo

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

This book introduces the reader to the nighttime world of the rat, including its habitat, activities, diet, and the unique things that it does.

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.

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.

The pursuit and apprehension of art thieves in this activity book introduces young readers to the greatest artists and paintings of the 20th century. A hungry, art-devouring gang of mice is ruining the collection of paintings at the Museum of Contemporary Art—and they must be captured. Having only small shreds of paintings that he has found scattered through the galleries, the director enlists the readers to help him identify the ruined works and track down the culprits. La búsqueda y la aprensión de criminales de arte introducen a jóvenes lectores a los grandes artistas y pinturas del...

It s fun to find ways I m like you and you re like me. It s fun to find ways we re different. In this colorful, inviting English-Spanish book, kids from preschool to lower elementary learn about diversity in terms they can understand: hair that s straight or curly, families with many people or few, bodies that are big or small. With its wide-ranging examples and fun, highly detailed art, "I m Like You, You re Like Me/ Yo soy como tu, tu eres como yo" helps kids appreciate the ways they are alike and affirm their individual differences. A section for adults in the back provides tips and...

For those who enjoy unconventional solutions, the author offers a wide range of all-time paradoxes that defy your deductive and calculation skills with impossible logical truths, and helps you to learn how to overcome the traps of false truths.

Hasta el siglo XVIII se impuso el silencio a los navegadores para que las rutas marítimas no fueran descubiertas así salvaguardar los descubrimientos de las naciones más poderosas de quienes buscaban aprovecharse. Isabel Barreto sustituyó a su esposo Álvaro de Mendaña al mando de la expedición hacia las islas Salomón, donde había un grupo de hombres que la rechazaban por ser mujer. Un personaje fuera de serie, valiente y ejemplar que se adelantó a su tiempo. Una apasionante novela que narra las aventuras de Isabel Barreto, la primera mujer que se atrevió a ponerse al mando de un...