Una mano a la pata: Protegiendo los animales

Animal trainers care for many different types of animals! Children will explore some of the methods that trainers use, such as affection bonding and classical and operant conditioning, while simultaneously gaining an understanding of animal instincts and animal rehabilitation. Readers are invited to learn about the variety of animals that trainers work with and are encouraged to find an area of study to focus on if they want to become an animal trainer. With stunning images, interesting facts, a glossary of useful terms, informational text, and an interview with a real-life animal trainer,...

Introduce readers to the various ways they can participate in volunteerism with this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Readers will discover many different charities and programs, including The Salvation Army, Feeding America, Habitat for Humanity, and Doctors Without Borders through vivid images, charts, and informational text. This nonfiction title aids in encouraging children to make a difference in their own communities by writing to newspapers or politicians or by participating in fund-raising and various programs or charities.

Discusses the life and work of French soldier and political thinker, Marquis de Lafayette, and his role in the American Revolution.

Durante décadas, los toques y chirridos de la guitarra eléctrica han sido algunos de los sonidos que definen la música popular. Pero tuvo que pasar más de un siglo de esfuerzo e innovación antes de que este instrumento fuera eléctrico. For decades, the blasts and howls of the electric guitar have been some of the defining sounds of popular music. But more than a century of effort and innovation had to happen before this instrument went electric. Learn about the master craftspeople who created the guitar as we know it, the inventors who figured out how to send guitar notes through...

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.

Color, brillo, mística y a la vez sentimiento de raza y profundidad impenetrable. Darío, creador del Modernismo, no sólo renovó el idioma y las estructuras, sino que aportó una estética más universal. (Esta edición es Premio Banco del Libro de Venezuela 1990).