Nuestro Planeta, la Tierra

Crónicas personales que muestran ciertas ciudades desde una óptica única, ingeniosa, divertida, intrépida. En La piel del mundo encontramos a Gumucio moviéndose como pez en el agua en uno de los registros que lo ha convertido en una voz inconfundible de la actual literatura latinoamericana: la no ficción personal. Reformulación radical de Páginas coloniales, de 2006, con varias páginas más y sobre todo varias páginas menos La piel del mundo narra las peripecias del autor en ciudades como Barcelona, Madrid, Puerto Príncipe y Nueva York. El cronista aparece acá bajo la forma de un...

Do you want to set your imagination free? Do you want to dream up amazing ideas and incredible inventions? You can! This book is all about getting creative. Anyone can do it. So get ready to start thinking outside the box! This full-color nonfiction reader will engage students in reading while introducing them to new vocabulary terms and concepts. Important text features include a glossary and a table of contents to develop students' comprehension and literacy skills. This Spanish book aligns with national and state standards and features exciting TIME For Kids content to keep English...

Sep forces the moon to give him his wish, to be the maker of enchanted fiddle music but almost pays a horrible price for it.

We use machines every day, but most of us don't understand how they work. When they break down, most of us have no idea how to fix them. Mechanics are the masters of machines. Readers learn that mechanics work on vehicles, including cars, boats, and buses. They use special tools to take them apart and fix what's wrong, and they use their experience and technology to diagnose problems. They often work long hours, sometimes in bad weather, to get us where we need to go. Your readers will see that mechanics keep our world moving and growing.