Yo Manejo Un Quitanieves/I Drive a Snowplow

Presents a typical day of a bulldozer driver, with the safety equipment he puts on, the levers, beeper, and blades he uses in its operation, and what he does to get the bulldozer ready for the next day.

Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies on October 12, 1492. Today, October 12 honors Columbus’ adventurous spirit as well as his Italian-American heritage. Easy-to-follow bilingual text in English and standard Latin American Spanish explains the holiday’s history and contemporary celebrations in accessible terms. Photographs illustrate Columbus’ life as well as modern celebrations of the holiday in his honor.

"Brief text introduces the concepts of long and short, comparing some of the world's longest animals with animals that are short -- in both English and Spanish"--Provided by publisher.

Trained originally in the French classical manner, Matisse was inspired by the Impressionists and Cezanne to create a style that brought out the beauty of color, form and line by reducing them to the bare essentials. While considered a leader of the Fauves and an inspiration to most of the great figures in modern art, he wasn't interested in being associated with any school or trend. A family man who worked 'office hours' in his studio, he defies the image of the artist as a tortured soul. In a career spanning six decades, he produced masterpiece after masterpiece that constantly challenge...

Como bien sabes, es común que todos nos relacionemos de una manera u otra; igual pasa con las ciencias que explican el mundo en el que vivimos, son como una gran familia. La Ciencia, en general, es como la abuelita; Matemáticas es la madre, trata de explicar cómo se formó el Universo con ayuda de sus hijas: Astronomía, la mayor; Geología, la que sigue; Biología, la hija sándwich, y las gemelas Física y Química, que no por ser las más pequeñas, son las menos importantes. Cuando la hermanas juegan entre ellas, crean otras ciencias interesantes en las que participan figuras de...