Los Animales Más Inútiles del Mundo

Simple text and full-color photos illustrate facts about the rules, equipment, and records of basketball.

When her mother was worn out from caring for her five sisters, her father gave her lessons in brushwork and color. When polio kept her bedridden for nine months, drawing saved her from boredom. When a bus accident left her in unimaginable agony, her paintings expressed her pain and depression - and eventually, her joys and her loves. Over and over again, Frida Kahlo turned the challenges of her life into art. Now Jonah Winter and Ana Juan have drawn on both the art and the life to create a playful, insightful tribute to one of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Viva Frida!

Este es un libro para nios, sobre un oso que...¡sólo comía chocolate! No comía vegetales ni ninguna fruta. Sólo comía chocolate. El oso no comía arroz. Tampoco comía cereales. Nunca nadie podría llegar a verlo comiendo yogur o algo, que todos podríamos llamar...saludable. Sólo le gustaba el chocolate. Por supuesto, mucha cantidad de algo "bueno" a menudo es malo, y llevar una dieta no balanceada no ayudaría al oso a crecer y ser fuerte y grande. Mucho amor por el chocolate inclusive podría hacer que el oso se metiera en problemas. Cuando se le termina el chocolate y a sus amigos...

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.