Los días inútiles

How are crayons made? Clear wax is melted in a factory. Once it's melted, color is added to it, it is poured into crayon-shaped molds, cooled, and wrapped in a paper label. Sorted into sets, the brightly colored crayons are boxed and sent in trucks to stores to be sold to you.

When a Roman widow, Cartila, shows unusual interest in Flavia's father, Flavia decides to discover Cartila's true motives by performing twelve tasks, just like the Greek hero Hercules.

Historietas protagonizadas por Facu, un nene de 5 años y su mascota Café con Leche, que es un gato muy travieso. Las aventuras comienzan cuando Facu empieza el jardín y Café con Leche tiene que quedarse en la casa solo. Los diversos episodios muestran escenas de la vida cotidiana tratadas con mucho humor e ingenio. Cada historieta se desarrolla en cuatro páginas.

Correlated to the science curriculum, our Spanish-language series describes how the types of homes that different animals build reflect adaptations to their environments. Through simple, easy-to-follow text, each volume looks at each type of home as a shelter from predators and weather and a place to store food and raise young. Young readers also learn how animal homes and human homes fulfill similar needs and functions.