El Sol (The Sun)

¡La Dra. Vitamina siempre vive en la cocina, nunca pisa el hospital! Ven a conocer a la Dra. Vitamina, una superheroina que tiene muchas formas y está escondida en casi todos los alimentos que tomamos. Sí, en casi todos menos en esos que en realidad no son alimentos. Una historia divertida y llena de aprendizajes para que los más peques comprendan que su cuerpo es su mejor aliado y que tenemos que cuidarlo para que funcione muy bien y durante muuuuucho tiempo.

A 2014 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration showed that 8.7 million youths ages twelve to twenty reported drinking alcohol beyond “just a few sips” in the previous month. Those who start drinking before age fifteen are five times more likely to become dependent on alcohol than those who begin at twenty-one. This resource shows young people how to help a friend who is abusing alcohol. It arms them with facts about alcohol, how it affects the teen mind and body, how to look for signs of a problem, and how to bring others on board to help.

Many insects hatch from eggs and molt several times as they grow bigger. Others, such as butterflies, undergo a complete metamorphosis. A common science curriculum topic, insect life cycles may be confusing because of these differences. However, this book breaks down these cycles into easy-to-understand steps in both accessible language and colorful diagrams readers can turn to for review again and again. The most important vocabulary needed to talk about insect life cycles is further explained in fact boxes and an extended glossary.

Families can be big or small, but all resemble each other in one aspect: they have a past and a present that, is also part of a broader history, that of a culture or race, or that of the world. The reader will see that family trees are used both by historians and everyday people who trace generations of relatives. Although family trees imply blood relations, the ties of love and friendship are often just as important.