El Ciclo de Vida de la Flor

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.

Children are encouraged to celebrate and appreciate both their own and other people's differences and shows how, when people of different races and ethic backgrounds come together, they make a beautiful rainbow.

Mateo Chamero es un niño obeso de ocho años al que su madre quiere obligar a adelgazar. Su compañera de pupitre, Ana, está muy enferma. Mateo quiere ayudarla, pero no sabe cómo. ¿Encontrará el modo de hacerlo? Una estupenda historia que resalta los valores de la amistad y la superación de dificultades.

Este libro reflexiona sobre la obra de Wifredo Lam y Manuel Mendive, dos de los ms grandes pintores cubanos del siglo XX, y sus relaciones con la cultura popular afrocubana. En un extenso y documentado recorrido, su autora devela los vnculos entre los sistemas adivinatorios africanos, los cultos a los orishas y las tradiciones secretas presentes en las obras de Lam y Mendive.