Canta conmigo: La historia de Selena Quintanilla

En 1902, recluido en su cottage del condado de Kent (Pent Farm), Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) consagró varios meses a rehacer y completar la novela Seraphina, que su amigo Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) acababa de terminar. Era una novela sobre piratas cubanos, comenzada en 1898. Conrad la transformó considerablemente y le cambió el título, apareciendo por fin en 1903 bajo el nombre de ambos. Dos años antes ya habían publicado otra experiencia mano a mano: la sorprendente novela The Inheritors, An Extravagant Story (Los herederos, 1901), y en 1923 volverían a publicar juntos The Nature of a...

Rabbit burrows play an important part in the life of a rabbit. A burrow provides a place to live, a place to raise baby rabbits, and a place to stay safe from predators. This volume, which was written to support elementary science curricula, examines the role a burrow plays in the survival of a warren, and how that in turn helps rabbits contribute to ecosystems around the world. The text’s age-appropriate, science-rich content focuses on rabbit behavior and encourages readers to draw connections between what they learn in science class and what they see outside. This text is complemented by ...

Healthy Habits is a collection of four stories featuring the Chiminis, fictitious characters that live in the forest and are as small as pine cones. In each story, one of the Chiminis has an adventure that highlights the importance of hygiene, a good diet, and exercise, and offers general health advice.

Many people around the world live in the forest biome. That’s because temperate forests grow in places where winter isn’t too cold and summer isn’t too hot. Readers learn that we need to care for this biome that’s in so many backyards. Simple, accessible language describes common trees and characteristics of both evergreen and deciduous forests, and full-color photographs highlight their beauty. Animals and their adaptations to this biome are addressed in the main content as well.