Romancero para niños

In this bilingual picture book, astronaut José M. Hernández recounts his childhood as the son of Mexican migrant workers and his life-long dream to travel to the stars.

★“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...

In My Friend Has Down Syndrome, beginning readers are introduced to different characters who have Down syndrome, how Down syndrome may affect their actions, and how we can be good friends to people who have Down syndrome. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they discover how to empathetic and inlude all kinds of friends.

Pobre corazón reúne nueve relatos cuyo nexo de unión es el amor, o los sucedáneos del amor. Nacemos para amar, dicen los románticos, o amamos para perpetuar la especie, replican los científicos. En cualquier caso el amor aparece en nuestra vida iluminándola o ensombreciéndola, dándole a veces un sentido, obsesionando siempre su conciencia y trastornando su voluntad: amor conyugal o adúltero, infantil o senil, ocasional o permanente, real o imaginado, ansiado, desdeñado, gozado, sufrido, pero cada uno de ellos con vocación de amor verdadero.