Por Que Algunos Animales Viven en Nidos

Correlated to the science curriculum, our Spanish-language series describes how the types of homes that different animals build reflect adaptations to their environments. Through simple, easy-to-follow text, each volume looks at each type of home as a shelter from predators and weather and a place to store food and raise young. Young readers also learn how animal homes and human homes fulfill similar needs and functions.

Two plays by Juan Mayorga that exemplify the author's philosophical drama. Hamelin is set in an unnamed, corrupt city where the powerful and rich prey on the poor. Will a Pied Piper save the city's children from the "rats" that plague it? La tortuga de Darwin tells the story of Harriet, the tortoise that Charles Darwin brought back to England from the Galapagos. Since her voyage, Harriet has evolved into a turtle-woman, able to think, speak, and bear witness to the terrible events of the past two centuries.

Take a journey into the wild world of reptiles and amphibians! Readers will learn about crocodiles, lizards, snakes, tortoises, and salamanders. Featuring a glossary, index, colorful images and charts, intriguing facts, and clear, informative text, readers will be sure to be enthralled as they move through this engaging, Spanish-translated book.

Rapsodia es un solo poema en verso libre, dividido en 17 secciones y redactado en tan sólo 6 días. Su temática se diversifica entrelazando temas como: la reflexión acera de la naturaleza de la poesía o el paso del tiempo, la tensión entre el lenguaje y lo vivencial, las relaciones entre el amor y la experiencia artística, y la propia palabra poética, manifestación de un mundo autónomo que sólo en ella se expresa. Probablemente el más logrado poemario de uno de los mejores y más celebrados poetas contemporáneos.

Dive into this title to meet zebra sharks. Complete with a More Facts section and bolded glossary terms. Young readers will gather basic information about zebra sharks through easy-to-read, simple text alongside stunning full-bleed photographs. Translated by native Spanish speakers. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.