Leyendas Mapuches Contadas Para Niños

The territory now occupied by Argentina was once home to various peoples who learned to work the land and live in harmony with nature. For years, their culture, traditions, and beauty were hidden from history. This compilation of legends recovers the oral tradition of cultures such as the diaguitas, tehuelches, calchaquíes, tobas, selkn'am, guaraníes, pampas, and comenchingones, all of whom sought to explain the world around them through these stories. El territorio que hoy ocupa la Argentina era el hogar de distintos pueblos que supieron trabajar su tierra y vivir en armonía con la...

The American Southeast stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, including the states of Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Alabama as well as parts of Virginia and Maryland. But before that region was divided into states, native groups lived there. From how they found food to what their spiritual beliefs were, the book’s main content presents the traditional lifestyles of the Seminole, Choctaw, and Creek peoples, and the other groups that lived in the southeast. Readers learn even more from fun fact boxes and the historical images and full-color photographs that show what...

An award-winning first glimpse into the diverse natural world of mammals. This addition to the acclaimed About... series explains to children in simple, easy-to-understand language what mammals are, what they eat, and where they live. Beautifully detailed, realistic paintings by wildlife illustrator John Sill introduce readers to the huge variety of mammals, from the tiny white-footed deermouse to the large American bison. An afterword provides more details about the animals featured in the book. Parents and pre-school and primary-grade teachers will find this an attractive choice for...

Hace más de cuatrocientos años, Galileo dirigió su telescopio hacia el cielo: ese fue el inicio de una exploración increíblemente emocionante de la inmensidad del Universo. Con este libro viajaremos por el cosmos, calcularemos la fuerza de la gravedad, descubriremos Urano y los rayos infrarrojos, entraremos en el código secreto de las estrellas, averiguaremos a qué distancia están las galaxias, conoceremos las gigantes rojas, el eco del Big Bang, los agujeros negros y también nos enteraremos de por qué el color de una estrella puede revelarnos su velocidad.