Roberto Clemente

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children's books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these sea giants face-to-face: The Archelon was similar to a turtle, but its shell was made of crossed rib bone covered in rubbery skin! The Mososaurs had huge pointy jaws and grew to be fifty feet long! The Ichthyosaurs looked a lot...

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...

Crawl around with Beetles! This title covers everything from what beetles look like to what they like to eat. Complete with a More Facts section, bolded glossary terms, and diagrams pointing out specific body parts. Young readers will gather basic information about beetles through easy-to-read, simple text alongside stunning full-bleed photographs. Translated by native Spanish speakers. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Introduces the concept of heat, how it's created, how it affects materials around it, and how heat is used.