¿Está seco? (What Is Dry?)

Few kids can resist jumping into a big puddle. Getting wet can be fun. Learning to describe objects as wet can be fun, too, as evidenced in the bright, entertaining photographs and simple, engaging text in this motivating book. Readers will love to identify the objects within these pages, selected to appeal to them, and use the objects to comprehend new vocabulary words in corresponding sentences.

When people think of soft things, they immediately conjure up images of furry bunnies and similarly textured animals and objects. This inviting book helps young readers to do the same, as learning about textures is an important tenet of the early elementary curriculum. Carefully selected photographs of soft objects make the concept of texture clear to the reader as well as aid in vocabulary acquisition.

Follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind sound. Written in Spanish and in graphic novel-format.

There are many kinds of friends including invisible ones, family members, pets, pen pals you have never met, and best friends. This book celebrates the special bond in all its diversity.

Te has preguntado alguna vez; ...por qué el corazón es el símbolo del amor? ¿Quién fue san Valentín en realidad? ¿Por qué se representa a Cupido con los ojos vendados? ¿Por qué las novias lanzan el ramo el día de su boda? ¿Por qué regalamos rosas rojas? ¿Por qué se lleva la alianza en el cuarto dedo de la mano derecha? En este libro encontrarás las respuestas a estas y a otras muchas preguntas relacionadas con el amor.

Politicians today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from. Not from an orgy of government spending, but as the direct result of bailing out, recapitalizing, and adding liquidity to the broken banking system. Through these actions private...