Hablemos claro: La verdad sobre la comida (Straight Talk: The Truth About Food) 6-Pack

In this stimulating, Spanish-translated nonfiction book, readers will discover the various types of friction--including rolling friction, sliding friction, fluid friction, and static friction--and the huge impact it has on nature, machines, and our lives. In addition, readers are encouraged to perform basic experiments to assist in the understanding of friction, kinetic energy, and water resistance. With real-life examples, colorful images, accommodating graphs and charts, and informational text, this title will inspire and engage children.

Readers are given helpful information about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, including narcotics, hallucinogens, and prescription medications in this Spanish-translated nonfiction book. Through detailed images, diagrams, informational text, an index, a glossary of terms, and a list of websites that provide additional information, readers are given the tools and information they need to educate themselves about addiction, drug abuse, the health and social issues that drugs and alcohol can cause, and how to say no to peer pressure.

Accelerate through the pages of this book and introduce readers to physics and how it assists objects to move. This stimulating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title includes real-life examples and basic experiments to facilitate further understanding of physics. Readers will learn about velocity, Newton's Second Law of Motion, thrust, gravity, momentum, and g-force through vibrant and colorful images, fascinating facts in conjunction with informational text, accommodating graphs and diagrams.

What does swimming in a pool, drinking through a straw, breathing in air, and circulating blood all have in common? They all require a form of air or water pressure! Readers will discover the variety of ways that air and water pressure make an impact on our lives and the things in them. This fact-filled, Spanish-translated nonfiction title includes real-life examples and basic experiments to aid in the development of understanding physic and scientific concepts. Readers will be introduced to and learn about Archimedes Principle, atmospheric pressure, vacuums, water density, and hydraulics...

Discover how the heart and lungs work together to keep the blood flowing and the body breathing in this book that provides pictures of real hearts and lungs and accompanying diagrams. Readers will learn about circulation and breathing as well as related vocabulary.

This beginner's guide offers a first glimpse into the natural world of amphibians. This addition to the acclaimed About... series uses simple, easy-to-understand language to teach younger children what amphibians are, how they look, how they move, what they eat, and where they live. With beautifully detailed, realistic paintings, noted wildlife illustrator John Sill introduces readers to a variety of amphibians, from frogs and toads to salamanders and more. An afterword provides details on the animals featured and inspires readers to learn more.

Hace exactamente un año que Pablo Rouviot, un reconocido psicoanalista, vive atormentado por el final de una turbulenta historia de amor que le ha hundido en la angustia y la soledad más insoportables. A sacarle de su letargo llega Paula, una joven de veintisiete años que irrumpe en la vida de Pablo con una historia que, aparentemente, nada tiene que ver con él. Se trata del asesinato de su padre, un poderoso empresario cuyo cadáver apareció acuchillado en un descampado cercano a su casa meses atrás. Todo apunta a que el asesino es el hermano de Paula, Javier, que sufre graves...

Albores del año 1875. Las familias de Luigi y Luigia dejan su caserío alpino y se unen a la marea emigratoria. ¡Les sobraban razones para arriesgarlo todo! En realidad era muy poco lo que dejaban atrás. Sus brazos y sus sueños eran sus mayores y únicos tesoros. Lo demás se daría por añadidura, o no... Junto a Giovanni Battista y Angela se unen a la reciente fundación de la colonia Villa Libertad, en el noreste entrerriano. ¡Todo está por hacerse! El lector está invitado a recorrer el desafiante y apasionante itinerario histórico y biográfico de estas dos familias vénetas en...