Quiero saber ¿QUIÉN? (Kids Ask WHO?)

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.

La presente traducción castellana representa una novedad en el panorama internacional al ser la primera que se realiza a un idioma moderno. Los amantes de la cultura de al-Andalus tienen, pues, en sus manos una joya bibliográfica que será de especial interés para los estudiosos de historia de la medicina y del pensamiento medieval. El sabio andalusí Averroes, notable jurista y filósofo de primer orden, ejerció también como médico en la corte almohade de Marraquech. Fruto de esos conocimientos teórico-prácticos es el libro que escribió con el título de «Kulliyy&āt», en el que...

★“Fascinating...An appealing resource sure to spark an interest in biomimicry, from casual readers to budding scientists. Recommended for all libraries.”—School Library Journal, starred review Did you know that lamps can be powered by glowing bacteria instead of electricity? That gloves designed like gecko feet let people climb straight up glass walls? Or that kids are finding ways to make compostable plastic out of banana peels? Biomimicry, the scientific term for when we learn from and copy nature, is a revolutionary way to look to nature for answers to environmental problems such...

Black holes are neither holes nor black. They're invisible and packed with matter! Future astronomers will find out many more fascinating facts about these space phenomena with this intriguing book. Carefully crafted text encapsulates the most important information about black holes, such as how scientists locate them and their significance in a star's life cycle. Amazing photographs support critical concepts and inspire a true appreciation of the spectacles of space.