Rubén Darío

En la arena se encuentra una estrella de mar muy diferente que llama la atención de todos por su brillo.

Poetic text recounts the childhood of the noted Spanish poet, including his love for the nature and folklore of his native Andalusia, his introduction to music and literature at home, and his health problems.

Maravillosas rimas que repasan todo el abecedario, reproduciendo palabras en las cuales aparece la letra referenciada. Sin escatimar recursos plásticos ni sonoros, el texto constituye una base magnífica de aprendizaje y un argumento de juego. El autor, Rafael Cruz-Contarini, investigador y profesor de educación infantil, apasionado de la poesía, demuestra una vez más su calidad literaria y su dominio en el juego de las rimas infantiles. Las imágenes, de la ilustradora mexicana Maribel Suárez acompañan y refuerzan con su viveza la calidad poética e infantil que las palabras quieren...

In this book, children learn how we can tell if something is shiny or dull and which materials have these properties.

Can you identify construction vehicles? Do you know what a harvester does in a wheat field? Discover the trucks and machines in this little book that will excite kids of all ages.

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...