Exploremos las rocas metamórficas (Exploring Metamorphic Rocks)

When winter hits, many people in colder climates spend most of their time indoors. But what do wild animals do? Some animals spend winters hibernating. Beginning readers will learn what hibernation is, why some animals hibernate and others don't, and how hibernating animals prepare for their long sleep. Full-color photographs grab readers' attention and allow them to draw connections to the narrative. Readers will love learning about this mysterious, restful time in some animals' lives.

The rock cycle has been taking place for millions of years. However, geologists have only known about this phenomenon for about 300 years. Young terrestrial explorers are introduced to different types of rocks, where in the cycle these rocks fit, and where in Earth's layers each step takes place. Fact boxes provide readers with fun additional information. A diagram helps readers make sense of the new information they're learning.

Although Earth is mostly made up of igneous and metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock covers about 75 percent of Earth's land surface. This means it's the most visible kind of rock on Earth. Sedimentary rocks form when sediment accumulates and compacts. Your readers will learn how sedimentary rocks form, the different types of sedimentary rocks, and how people use sedimentary rocks. Fun fact boxes provide readers with additional information. A helpful diagram illustrates how sedimentary rocks form.

A lo largo de esta entrevista, Armand Mattelart vuelve sucesivamente a las premisas epistemológicas de su aproximación al campo de la comunicación. Explica su elección entre las diferentes teorías. Explicita algunos aspectos que son poco conocidos de su trabajo. En cierto modo, cada uno de los capítulos constituye un espaci o-tiempo que revela, por una lado, las raíces de su conciencia política, el estado de las relaciones de fuerza a nivel internacional, así como los movimientos de ideas en acción, y por otro, la materialidad de su pensamiento y la evolución del campo de estudios...

"In this compilation, the author invites us to play with sounds, meanings, and the rhythm of words. The illustrated poems have a variety of motifs, such as insects, stars, people in love, the calendar, and some witches who go to the supermarket. This is an opportunity to introduce children to the musicality of language in a simple way."

Provides information on the tiny reptiles, including their use of color as a defense, their climbing skills, and their ability to grow back a missing tail.

Este tomo te permitirá conocer mejor al canguro, un marsupial que sólo vive en Australia y Nueva Guinea. Las hembras de los canguros, como las de todos los marsupiales, poseen una bolsa o marsupio, en cuyo inteiror se amamantan las crías hasta que tienen ocho o diez meses. En este volumen se describen las diferentes variedades de canguro, desde el ualabi de cola corta, del tamaño de una rata grande, al canguro rojo, que mide más de dos metros de altura y pesa alrededor de setenta kilos.