Un montón de hojas (The Leaf Pile)

If we could take a trip to the center of the Earth, what would we find? In this amazing book readers can do just that with the help of a special ship that can handle the extreme heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s crust. Digging through a few miles of the crust is just the start of the nearly 4,000-mile journey to Earth’s core. Readers might be surprised to find that not all of the trip is through solid rock, as the intense heat does strange and amazing things to the material that makes up our planet!

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther. This 6-Pack includes six...

Introduces the life and times of Underground Railroad and anti-slavery leader Harriet Tubman and explains her place in American history.

Valentía de una voz indomable En un lenguaje coloquial, sin pretensiones, pero con la honestidad de quien abre su espíritu contestatario y vehemente en continua ebullición, Apolinar Beltrán Villazón nos presenta su primer libro de poesía, Raíces rojas, que busca abrirse espacio en las letras regionales desde su entorno cotidiano, desde su lucha permanente por lograr una expresión libre y de alto significado ético, que tiene la valentía de levantar su voz incorruptible e indomable, en medio de un territorio que, como él mismo lo señala en uno de sus textos, posee la doble...