Mujeres en los deportes (Women in Sports)

Which animals and plants can survive in a dry desert environment? Readers learn about the living things that make up desert food chains, including cacti, snakes, and scorpions. Colorful photographs of desert life make readers feel like they’re exploring new parts of this habitat with each turn of the page. Fact boxes provide additional information about the creatures that make up desert food chains, and a detailed food web shows how these food chains all come together. The desert is an extreme habitat, and readers will enjoy learning about the extreme plants and animals that live there.

Discusses the various features of Australia, including its climate, mountains, rivers, lakes, animals, vegetation, coral reefs, flightless birds, population, and cities, and history of the Aborigines.

Got a fan of snakes, lizards, and turtles? Dig into this beginner's guide to reptiles from Cathryn and John Sill, creators of the award-winning About... series. Author and educator Cathryn Sill explains in simple language the basic characteristics that all reptiles share, while offering a look at many of the animals that fall into this diverse category, including ever-popular lizards, snakes, and turtles. The beautifully detailed paintings of noted wildlife illustrator John Sill depict reptiles in their habitats and highlight their unique aspects. An afterword provides more detail on each...

Answers such questions as "Qué son los perros?, Qué come mi perro?, Qué mas necesita mi perro?, Qué puedo hacer por mi perro?, Qué puede hacer mi perro?"

Bécquer, Machado, Juan Ramón son algunos de los poetas que han seguido la estela de Ferrán. Las coplas populares, los cantares que son poesía breve, seca, natural, fueron recogidos, y creados, por un poeta del que escribió su amigo G.A. Bécquer: ''en la obra de Ferrán, la poesía popular, sin perder su carácter, comienza a elevar su vuelo'';