Sonidos, Olores Y Colores / Sounds, Odors and Colors

Learn about the rich history of Mission San José: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

Libro bilingüe en español e inglés El grupo barcelonés The Pinker Tones presenta el libro Rolf&Flor, un libro bilingüe (español e inglés) para niños de entre 3 y 103 años, con ilustraciones de Miguel Gallardo y la participación de Albert Pla, David Brown (Brazzaville) y Mimi Miller. Rolf, un niño de Barcelona, y Flor, una niña de Nueva York, tienen vidas paralelas sin saberlo. Cuando se conocen descubren que son almas gemelas. Rolf, a boy from Barcelona, and Flor, a girl from New York City, are living parallel lives without knowing it. When they meet up they discovery are soul...

Step inside a studio and learn what it takes to be an artist! This Spanish-translated nonfiction title engages readers through stimulating facts and vivid images and diagrams in conjunction with a brief background on well-known art movements such as Expressionism, Surrealism, and Impressionism, an interview with a real-life artist, a glossary, informational text, an index, and list of useful sources for learning more about art. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.