Mujer mirando al mar

Nuri, a refugee living in Spain, reflects on daily life in the refugee camp as well as the pain of war, his fears and hopes, and his desire to begin a better life for the future.

Offers encouragement and practical advice for meeting challenges head on, with words of inspiration and fun, reminding girls to be who they are.

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

Now available in a Spanish language edition, this charming board book was originally published in English by Barron's in Spring 2003, titled My Own Human Body. It explains the human body in a series of words and pictures that are simplified for preschool boys and girls. The heavy board pages are die-cut in the shape of a smiling little boy. When kids lift the front cover, they remove his shirt and see the location of his heart. The text gives a simple explanation of how the heart pumps blood through the entire body. As kids turn successive pages, they observe the human body's interior and...

"Adivinancero dos, además del cúmulo de adivinanzas populares, contiene más de cien nuevas creaciones de los autores, quienes se dieron a la tarea de ocultar entre sus versos enigmas novedosos por descubrir. En este segundo tomo se han incluido textos de Sor Juana y Quevedo, quienes a través de juegos de palabras hacen referencia velada a personajes de la época. Una adivinanza siempre representa un desafío a la inteligencia de quienes participan en su solución."--gandhi.com.mx