La civilización griega

Automobiles are an essential part of life for many, but few really understand how that car arrives in their garage in the first place. This book takes an exciting look at just how interesting that process is, from the design phase in an engineer’s office to the floor of a factory where it is assembled piece by piece by both people and machines. Full-color photographs bring the process to life in vivid detail, and a step-by-step how-to guide explains how readers can even build their very own model car.

Plymouth Rock chickens and Silkie chickens are just a couple of the many breeds of chickens living on farms. Readers will learn how farmers raise chickens and what different breeds are called. This high-interest book combines eye-catching photographs with manageable text to best reach its readers. Readers will love learning chicken fun facts, while gaining an understanding of why chickens are farmyard staples. Text is supported by a variety of tools, including a picture glossary, table of contents, index, and additional websites.

Give young students an insight into what life was like for the colonists in early America. This Spanish-translated book explores such topics as Puritans, the Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Navigation Acts, and slavery. Along with brief biographies on colonists and Native Americans such as John Smith, William Penn, Pocahontas, and John Rolfe, this engaging book explains the means of survival and living through farming, colonial crops, and plantations.

El Dragón del Norte se enamoró de una hojita y, para que no se secara, se convirtió en un río. Tan caudaloso resultó que el Señor del Cielo le nombró Emperador de las Aguas Terrestres. Aunque los grandes ríos de China terminaron reconociendo su autoridad, él era tan inexperto que cometió cinco graves errores: enfrentó a los Inmortales, se emborrachó, reveló dónde había escondido su antigua bola de dragón, desveló en qué punto de sus orillas se encontraba el barro con el que la diosa Nuwa había moldeado al primer hombre y, sobre todo, despreció a uno de sus afluentes. Esto...