El cerebro (Brain)

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Mysterious events occur all over the world. It rains fish every year in Honduras, rocks in Pennsylvania make music, and large drawings can be found on the desert floors in Peru! In this Spanish-translated nonfiction book, readers will learn about these strange phenomena and more curiosities like ESP and crop circles in this baffling and fascinating nonfiction title. Vibrant images and intriguing facts in conjunction with a glossary of terms, informational text, and an index keep readers captivated from cover to cover!

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Learn the secrets to artful cupcakes, oven-fresh bread, and other delicious baked goods in this delightful nonfiction title. Readers will learn how mathematics helps bakers measure their ingredients to make tasteful treats. Featuring vibrant images and charts, informative text, and fun, intriguing facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book will leave children fascinated by all the details that go into baking their favorite treats--like doughnuts and cookies!

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

La conmemoración de los 60 años del Teatro Experimental de Jalisco es el motivo para recordar la importancia del teatro en la sociedad, ya que los escenarios y las artes escénicas han servido siempre para dar voz, se han utilizado como vehículo sin censura para expresarse y crear espacios de libertad. Tras seis décadas de operación, este teatro mantiene su misión como un espacio para albergar diferentes voces, diversas expresiones artísticas y para todo tipo de público. Justamente de ello trata este libro: de la huella que ha dejado este recinto en su comunidad a partir de explorar...

Manuela, periodista y fotógrafa, tiene que cumplir con la difícil tarea de entrevistar a Javier Bardo, el actor revelación del momento, conocido por su animadversión a conceder entrevistas a la prensa. Manuela le toma unas fotos y esto le traerá complicaciones; además esta entrevista cambiará su vida ... El relato se desarrolla en la ciudad catalana de Sitges, coincidiendo con el famoso Festival de Cine.--Quatrième de couverture.

Este libro contiene la mayor concentración de niños raros por página: Niño alga, Niña búho, Niña cacto, Niño díscolo, Niña de espuma, Niño frío, Niña de humo, Niño inverso, Niña jirafa, Niño koala, Niña con forma de laberinto, Niña maleta, Niño sin niño, Niño con rabo de eñe, Niño pingüino, Niño queso, Niña sombra, Niño tren, Niña urgente, Niña de alto vuelo, Niña yunque con su martillo y Niño zancudo.Raúl Vacas y Tomás Hijo nos los presentan uno a uno, con todas sus peculiaridades y lo hacen de una manera muy poética, que combina a la perfección el texto...