Los caballeros

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.

La cocina es un lugar excelente para que los pequeños comiencen a descubrir el mundo natural mediante la observación y la experimentación de las frutas y las verduras que comemos todos los días: ¿qué clases de semillas existen? ¿Cuántas formas pueden tener las hojas? ¿Cómo crecen los gajos de las naranjas? En forma de un diario de campo, este libro de actividades invita a los jóvenes naturalistas a responder estas preguntas y pensar en muchas otras, y los anima a cortar, manipular, secar, cultivar, fotografiar, dibujar y coleccionar (y también comer) alimentos que ya tenemos a la...

The plot of The Empty Region takes the reader from the military camps of holy warriors in Pakistan, to the security corridors of the CIA and the FBI. It’s a fascinating puzzle inhabited by historical characters, including Osama bin Laden and George W. Bush, as well as officials aware of the tragedy´s secrets. Szichman leads us along the terminals where the air pirates of al-Qaida consummated their tragic ritual, makes us travel on the airplanes, turned into guided missiles, and recreates the 102 minutes when the burning towers of the World Trade Center became hell on earth. Although...

Mrs. Frizzle's class investigates the disappearance of the salmon from the sea and in the process learn about migration.