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Teaching Students About What A Democracy Is And How Our Country Was Founded On The Constitution, Which Protects Our Rights And Freedoms, Is The Main Focus In This Title. Filled With Democracy Fact Boxes Which Include Information To Reinforce The Text.

A koala rests comfortably in an Australian eucalyptus forest, penguin families gather on icebergs of Antarctica, an alligator protects her young in its mouth, a hippopotamus teaches her baby the art of bathing, and an elf owl peeks out of its cactus nest. These captivating images, taken by some of the world's leading wildlife photographers, introduce young children to similarities that exist between the animal world and their own. Photographs of animal habitats from all over the world teach young readers that all living creatures live in special places they call home. And by seeing animals...

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.

La joven Zahr, nacida y educada en Francia, donde quedó huérfana de madre al poco tiempo de nacer, viaja a la India tras descubrir la identidad de su verdadero padre: Amir, rajá de Badalpur. Tras un esfuerzo por integrarse en una comunidad musulmana estricta, que le exige sumisión y la renuncia de su libertad, termina por rebelarse contra su padre como hizo años antes su madre, la princesa Selma.Veinte años después, con el rajá en su lecho de muerte, Zahr vuelve a encontrarse con él. Su legado, uno de los jardines del palacio, le costará el enfrentamiento con el resto de su...