Velocidad sin vuelo (Fast and Flightless)

Young children are natural problem-solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves interesting animals. This Spanish-language edition of Scaly Swimmers provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the animal lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.

It is the third Monday in January and school is closed. But do you know why? It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Turn the pages of this book to find out what dream Dr. King shared with the world, who Mohandas Gandhi was, how one brave woman helped Martin Luther King Jr. change history. Each book in the Holiday Histories series describes one of America's holidays or special days. Explore the history of each day and learn the real reason why it is important. Discover what special meaning each day might have for you.

Day of the Dead is a very important holiday in Latin America. It is sometimes incorrectly thought of as a morbid holiday, or a Mexican version of Halloween. While the word "dead" or "muertos" is in the name, this holiday is the way that the people of Mexico honor the lives of ancestors, celebrate the joy of life, and connect with their Mexican heritage. Young readers will enjoy the amazing, colorful photographs of the Day of the Dead celebration, and a supportive glossary helps expand their vocabularies along with their cultural awareness.

Adems de ser uno de los mejores novelistas europeos, Ea de Queirs escribi, durante los aos en que ejerci de cnsul, algunas de las ms atractivas crnicas de la historia del periodismo. Ecos de Pars rene escritos que envi regularmente al peridico brasileo Gazeta de Notcias, donde tambin colaboraron Machado de Assis, Oliveira Martins y Ramalho Ortigao.

Este libro está principalmente destinado a los estudiantes de las diversas asignaturas del área de Mecánica de fluidos de la E.T.S. de Ingenieros Industriales de la UNED, aunque también puede ser de utilidad para otros estudiantes universitarios de ingeniería, especialmente en la etapa inicial en la que, después de haber estudiado los conceptos teóricos, se disponen a abordar los primeros ejercicios. Para la mayoría de los 224 problemas y ejercicios se proporcionan procedimientos de resolución detallados. En algunos casos se indican esquemáticamente los pasos a seguir y en otros se...