El porque de las cosas? / The Why of Things

Even as the world changes, skilled labor will always be needed. There's nothing quite like the ability to create things with your skills and your own hands. Carpenters use their skills to build things we use every day, including items such as furniture, buildings, and bridges. They read building plans, choose materials, design, and create. This book teaches kids that to become a carpenter, you have to use a lot more than a hammer and nails; you need your brain too. Photographs and diagrams enable readers to make key connections with the text.

Siempre es interesante leer y releer las obras de Darwin por la riqueza de los datos que aporta a sus reflexiones sobre el misterio de los misterios que subyace en el principio de la existencia. Aventurarse en este Diario de los primeros tiempos de un Darwin joven, abierto a las respuestas que da la Naturaleza, tiene el aliciente, además, de descubir el germen de su gran obra, El origen de las especies.

Written with sympathetic humor and compassion, this masterful portrait of upper-class decline made Ivan Goncharov famous throughout Russia on its publication in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russias dying aristocracya man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends, and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Terrified by the activity necessary to participate in the real world, Oblomov manages to avoid...

Pterodáctilos son una de las criaturas más fascinantes de la antigüedad. Este texto incluye hechos fascinantes acerca de estos folletos lujosos en un formato accesible. Diagramas, preguntas de pensamiento crítico y otras características inspiran el aprendizaje visual y el compromiso. Pterodactyls are one of the most fascinating ancient creatures. Now in Spanish, this carefully leveled text includes fascinating facts about these fancy flyers in an accessible format. Diagrams, age-appropriate critical thinking questions, and other features inspire visual learning and engagement.