El Alfabeto/the Alphabet

La Guerra Civil cortó bruscamente la riqueza poética inmediatamente anterior a su estallido, y en los primeros años de la dictadura hubo que reconstruir no sólo un país en ruinas, sino también una poesía gravemente mutilada por las muertes (Unamuno, Lorca, A. Machado, Miguel Hernández…) y el exilio (casi todos los miembros del 27, Juan Ramón, León Felipe…). En ese contexto nace la poesía de posguerra, que si bien en un principio, como dice Emilio Alarcos, era natural que «después de las hostilidades, como reacción ante una realidad hosca, buscase la tranquilidad de ánimo,...

This illustrated book presents children with a series of fun experiments and activities involving everyday household items such as a glass, thread, clothespins, dominoes, and water. It will give them a hands-on way to learn about the marvelous world around them.

Little readers will learn the essentials of the United States Coast Guard (how the Coast Guard keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text. Readers will love the exciting full-bleed photographs, bolded glossary terms, and More Facts section. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Updated for 2020, great photographs capture children’s attention as they read about different ways animals use their voices, ears, eyes, and mouths in this cute book.