Blanca's Feather

Coders are one of the reasons our computers, tablets, and smartphones can do things we couldn't have even imagined just a few years ago. It's no surprise that coders are in high demand right now and that isn't likely to slow down. Readers will learn about the basics of coding and how to turn their creative ideas into reality on the computer screen. They'll also understand why coding will become even more important as technology continues to grow and change. Colorful photographs showing the roles and education of a coder provide readers with an easy way to envision themselves in this...

La idea insistente de inmortalizar lo intangible. Los pensamientos sublimes de situaciones, cosas, o personas que estallan en la mente. Saber que con una pluma y un papel se pueden plasmar vidas, sentimientos y añoranzas. En cada poema se describe un recuerdo, un momento que se quiso hacer eterno... los paseos por la montaña, los ojos cafés llenos de otoño, las largas caminatas bajo el dorado sol de la tarde, tomar una cerveza a la orilla del mar, o una taza de café al despertar, el amor de una madre hacia una hija y viceversa, los besos entre sábanas blancas, la muerte de quien tanto...

Esto no es un aguacero comœn y corriente. DespuŽs de los rayos, vienen los truenos. ÁEs una tormenta! Descubre m‡s sobre las luces gigantes que saltan en el cielo y quŽ produce los truenos en este libro sobre las tormentas.

When her mother was worn out from caring for her five sisters, her father gave her lessons in brushwork and color. When polio kept her bedridden for nine months, drawing saved her from boredom. When a bus accident left her in unimaginable agony, her paintings expressed her pain and depression - and eventually, her joys and her loves. Over and over again, Frida Kahlo turned the challenges of her life into art. Now Jonah Winter and Ana Juan have drawn on both the art and the life to create a playful, insightful tribute to one of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Viva Frida!