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"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

¿Puede un día soleado convertirse en una noche estrellada? ¡Descúbrelo! Las cosas no siempre son lo que parecen...

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children's books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these fast dinosaurs face-to-face: The Gallimimus could outrun a sandstorm! The Struthiomimus may have been the fastest dinosaur. It could run up to 60 miles per hour! The Liaraptor ran until it took off into the air! These may have...

Evangeline era una niña cuando su padre la dejó a cargo de las Hermanas Franciscanas de la Perpetua Adoración, en el Convento de St. Rose, cerca de Nueva York. Ahora, con veintitrés años, el descubrimiento de una carta de 1943 la sumerge en una historia secreta que se remonta a miles de años: el antiguo conflicto entre la Sociedad de los Angelólogos y los Nefilim, descendientes de la unión de los ángeles y los hombres, unas criaturas de monstruosa belleza. Los Nefilim, que han ido perdiendo lentamente su poder y grandeza de antaño, ansían descubrir los secretos que esconde esta...