Guía de Los Animales

Winner of: International Latino Book Awards 2014, Primer Premio en la categoría Best Young Adult Non-Fiction Book Focusing on key figures from the worlds of art, literature, music, politics, and science, this collection introduces young readers to luminaries who, despite the difficulties and failures of their childhoods, went on to accomplish great things. Readers will discover what individuals such as Jane Austen, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Mohandas Gandhi, John Lennon, Pablo Picasso, and even the author himself were like as children and young adults, and draw inspiration from their...

The Mapuches established themselves in the eleventh century in what is now Argentina and Chile. Their literature is very rich and oral in nature, which highlights the legends that speak of their Gods, beliefs, customs, and stories of their encounters with enemies.

Científico, pintor, médico y naturalista, las "Cartas sobre la pintura de paisaje" de Carus desbordan los límites de una canónica artística al uso y nos sitúan en el centro de la concepción románica de la naturaleza. No sólo porque exponen con precisión -no exenta de los recursos retóricos de época- las ideas centrales del paisajismo romántico de la primera mitad del siglo XVIII, también porque establecen con nitidez la relación entre arte, estética y ciencia, y , en todos los casos, la relación del hombre con la naturaleza. En palabras de Carus: =por ellas y mediante ellas...

Read the fun clues on each page and lift the flaps to discover animals and the sounds they make and learn English words along the way! Full of first words and colorful photographs, Who Am I?/¿Quién soy? is the perfect way to introduce a second language. The carry-along handle makes it easy to read this board book anytime, anywhere!