Siete historias para la infanta Margarita

Los zapatos de Murano (Premio Lazarillo de Literatura 1996) retrata la Venecia de finales del siglo XII, cuando el auge del comercio con Oriente llenaba de especias, de esclavos y de metales las brumosas calles de esta noble ciudad. En uno de sus días de mercado, el ilustre Rocco del Fiore, hijo del barón de Aquilea, quedó prendado de la delicada y exótica belleza de una esclava indonesia. Su amor por ella hizo que ingeniara un astuto plan para rescatarla del avaro turco que la retenía. Años después, el nacimiento de su hija Angélica desencadenó fuertes intrigas familiares y la...

Ground s’enfronta al xoc de l’art contemporani plantejant, a manera de reflexió filosòfica, aquelles preguntes «grolleres» que semblaven confinades en la resposta de l’home del carrer o del crític reaccionari: no és una xorrada aquesta pila de rajoles al museu? No obstant això, la seua intenció no és fer-nos prendre partit a favor o en contra de determinades obres d’art del Minimal o del Conceptual. El que batega al fons del llibre de Ground és una defensa de l’art contemporani quan reivindica la seua intel·ligibilitat com un tret centralment constitutiu d’aquest. Una...

How do we know when it's time to eat? Sometimes, it's because we smell something yummy cooking! Early readers dive nose-first into the world of the smells around them, including bad smells like a garbage dump or good smells like apple pie. Accessible language and strong picture-text correlation introduces readers to all of the things the nose knows!

Computer science is all around us, at school, at home, and in the community. This book gives readers the essential tools they need to understand the computer science concept of simulations. Brilliant color photographs and accessible text will engage readers and allow them to connect deeply with the concept. The computer science topic is paired with an age-appropriate curricular topic to deepen readers' learning experience and show how simulations work in the real world. In this book, readers learn about American Revolution reenactment and how it simulates events from the past. This nonfiction ...

Students will gain a deeper understanding of the Cold War by delving into major social studies topics in this project-based examination. The volume presents a series of broad questions touching on major themes in the social studies curriculum. Each question is accompanied by several paragraphs examining that question in the context of the Cold War, as well as a detailed project that prompts readers to think critically and present their findings or opinions in a particular format, such as a poster with side-by-side comparisons, a persuasive essay, or a class presentation.