Anomalía

Sumérgete en poemas de estilo confesional que van desde el corazón roto a amistades, desafíos & salud mental. “Sueños & Desastres” explora lo que es vivir en la etapa donde hay cambios constantes en tu persona, en tu vida y en tu mundo. Del autor de “Buenas Historias de Malos Días” & “Anomalía”, Carlos Lerma ofrece poemas profundos y reflexivos al igual que cartas escritas para personas que nunca responderán y todo esto emparejado con cinco historias incómodamente honestas de la vida de Carlos. En esta entrega visualmente emocionante de poemas e ilustraciones de la mente...

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

In 1876, France decided to give the United States a very big and very special present--the Statue of Liberty. The gift was to commemorate the 100th birthday of the United States, and just packing it was no small feat--350 pieces in 214 crates shipped across the ocean. The story of how the 111-foot-tall lady took her place in the New York Harbor will fascinate young readers.

Imagine traveling at half the speed of a jet plane without ever leaving the ground! Students will discover the technology that makes such speeds possible, from special tracks and safety precautions to aerodynamically designed trains. What are the limits to the speed of trains? What imposes those limits? Students also will read about the future of passenger train travel, from flying trains to trains that use huge magnets to levitate inches or centimeters off the track. Some trains safely reach speeds of more than 200 mph!

Este práctico libro recoge muchas de esas preguntas que los pequeños de la casa (y a veces no tan pequeños) se pasan la vida haciendo a los mayores, y las contesta de un modo sencillo y muy divertido. Van acompañadas por unas simpáticas y originales ilust