Construyamos un patio de juegos (Building a Playground)

Practice nonstandard measurement at the zoo! This exciting, Spanish-translated title encourages readers to practice measuring their favorite zoo animals, such as elephants, giraffes, pandas, and more. A gorilla weighs the same as three men! When a cheetah runs, its stride length is the length of three men! An elephant weighs the same as three pickup trucks! Vivid images, fun practice questions, early STEM themes, and helpful mathematical diagrams make nonstandard measurement entertaining and easy for children to understand.

A community center has many exciting activities to choose from. You can play games, swim, and even learn how to cook there. As you read, you can compare the size of a tennis racket to a ping pong racket, use cubes to measure the world's smallest snake, and even use feet to measure the length of a basketball court. What would you use to measure a snake?

Suitable for training advanced level students in writing texts in different styles and registers in Spanish

Segunda parte de un proyecto que ya cumple poco más de dos años de existencia, y que se prolongará en el tiempo y tendrá nuevas entregas, pues ya están viniendo los invitados que formarán parte de la tercera edición de Bogotá contada. No sobra recordar que el programa de Bogotá contada invita a escritores de diferentes países a que estén unos días en la ciudad, la recorran, la investiguen y participen en algunas actividades de promoción de lectura en bibliotecas, instituciones, librerías y universidades. Luego cada uno de ellos nos entrega un texto que se recopila anualmente en...

Describes the ancient giant kangaroo of Australia's distant past that was five times the size of today's largest kangaroos. Discusses how the animal lived and how it became extinct.

Two books in one, this oversized volume shows readers the plants, root systems, insects, fossils, animals, mines, gems, minerals, and man-made wonders such as tunnels, subways, submarines, pipes, cables, and power lines that can be found underground or underwater in an unforgettable visual way. Each page takes you deeper and deeper under the waves or through layers of earth.