El Canguro Gigante

Readers find out what it's like for astronauts to eat, sleep, and work on a manned space flight in this adventurous, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Children will discover what it's like to be weightless in zero gravity, how Mission control helps keep astronauts safe, and what astronauts do during their free time through vivid photographs, interesting, informative text, and stimulating facts.

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.

Los silencios de María es una novela de personajes. A Héctor se le acusa del asesinato de su mujer, María. Todo el mundo lo piensa, él también. Una historia que se construye a partir de la enigmática visita de Laura, una joven atractiva que acude cada miércoles a la cárcel donde reside el presunto asesino con el pretexto de convertir su estancia en más agradable. A través de Laura descubriremos la voz de María, su pasado, el tiempo vivido con un primer matrimonio poligámico en la ciudad árabe de Dubái. Dos mundos en contraste dentro de la mente de una protagonista en dos...

What does it mean to be a good citizen? Full-page, color photographs accompany real-life examples of good citizenship that young readers will understand, relate to, and be inspired by.