Loteria de adivinanzas / Lottery of Riddles

Three stories in verse about a chicken that ate a ball of yarn and hatched chicks wearing sweaters, two farmers who could not tell their pigs apart and a mysterious talking dog accompanied by a mute cat. Based on traditional Huasteca poetry of Mexico.

The ancient Polynesians were amazing navigators who traversed the Pacific Ocean and settled in its many islands. How did they travel such extreme distances and know where they were going without the use of modern technology like smartphones, satellites, or even magnetic compasses to guide them? Learn the answer to these questions in this Spanish book that uses real-world examples to illustrate science concepts. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students' curiosity about STEAM topics. Packed with factoids and ...

La serie Cienciaenshorts nace para dar cabida a pequeños relatos que acercan al público de forma amena diferentes aspectos de la ciencia en formatos literarios. Obras menores solo en extensión. Se trata de una fórmula imaginativa que puso en marcha hace años nuestra editorial en forma de concurso, donde los autores de los relatos fueran científicos-escritores con voluntad de trasmitir con precisión conceptos científicos a la sociedad, de una manera comprensible para esta. El jurado del I Concurso de relatos científico-literarios "¿Te atreves...?" estuvo compuesto por los siguientes...

In today's chaotic world, opportunities abound for youth to disengage from community and worship. Once this happens, young people often don't come back. The National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry wrote From Age to Age in 1997 as part of multiple-year response, to increase youth participation in worship. The document sparked national dialogue on how Roman Catholic parishes might best reach out to and involve youth in Catholic worship. From Age to Age revisits the liturgical principles of Vatican Council II and applies them in creative ways. The document provides strategies to help...

David Cordingly es licenciado en Historia por la Universidad de Oxford y doctor por la Universidad de Sussex. Trabajó durante doce años en el Museo Marítimo Nacional de Londres, del que fue conservador y director de exposiciones. Es una autoridad en historia marítima y ha publicado diversos libros sobre pintura naval inglesa y holandesa y sobre historia de la piratería, entre los que destacan Maritime painting in England, 1700-1900 (1974), Nicholas Pocock, maritime artist (1986), Captain James Cook, navigator (1994), Pirates: an illustrated history (1996), Ships and Seascapes: an...