Los Insectos

Esta selecci n de versos del poeta tapat o Ricardo Y ez pretende llevar a los ni os a aprender la poes a en su m nima expresi n. Cada doble p gina compone un par de versos con una imagen de gran fuerza po tica hecha mediante un collage Para ofrecernos una met fora de los versos en un estilo impresionista. Letra y color se amalgaman en una propuesta po tica pensada Para ni os y todos aquellos que se inician en la poes a.

With striking full-color photos and minimal text, in Spanish, this series immediately involves young readers as they discover intriguing facts about the world around them.

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...

Learn about the rich history of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.