¡Ya leo! - ABCD

Full of disturbing scenes that blend the everyday with the fantastical, La Ciudad del Cangrejo is like a new One Thousand and One Nights, at once unmistakably Argentine and stubbornly universal. Carlos Santos Sáez combines the orality of popular stories with the search for new narrative forms in these utterly unclassifiable tales, collected for the first time.

This compare-and-contrast text explains the technology we seldom feel we can go without; the phone, computer, and camera. Readers learn the difference between old and new versions of each. New vocabulary such as 'stationary' and 'portable' are introduced. A picture-word glossary is included.

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.

Looking at POLAND: Did you know that more horses are raised in Poland than in any other European country? Looking at Poland, you will see the steep slopes of the Carpathian Mountains, the patchwork farmland of the central plains, and the crystal-clear lakes that dot the north. Learn about life in Poland, from shipyards to salt mines and from cottages to castles.

¿Dónde se encuentra la vesícula biliar? ¿Cuánto mide el intestino? ¿Se dice úvula o paladar blando? ¿Qué hay dentro de la bóveda craneal? ¿Cómo está hecho un globo ocular? ¿Y para qué sirven los alvéolos? Entre células, órganos, aparatos y tejidos, un viaje al cuerpo humano, con el corazón y con el cerebro, contado con rigor científico y alegría narrativa. De la cabeza a los pies, con todo lo que se encuentra entre medias.