Los ciclos de vida de los insectos (Insect Life Cycles)

Ants are known as one of nature's hardest working animals. Their strength and persistence in bringing food to their colonies have been well documented. Now, beginning readers have a chance to learn about some of the littlest bugs in this volume written just for them. Complete with information about what ants eat, how they live, and generally how they stay so busy, this book is a must-have to satisfy the curiosity of your youngest naturalists. Eye-catching and unique photographs complement the low-ATOS text and aid in comprehension.

An ideal book for young Spanish students; proposes a new progression that promotes language acquisition and consolidation of contents, offers numerous grammatical and lexical and formal practice aid activities within the unit and contains a competency evaluation at the end of each chapter.

Los males menores, compuesto de treinta y ocho microrrelatos, es un ejemplo claro de la maestría literaria de Luis Mateo Díez. Dado que el género se presta, como ningún otro, a la experimentación, el autor se acerca en esta obra a los límites de la condensación, la intensidad, la expresividad y la imaginación para llamarnos la atención sobre la fragilidad de la vida humana, lo paradójico de la existencia y lo ambiguo de nuestra conducta, o mostrarnos los anhelos más recónditos, así como el lado oscuro de los sueños.

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!

For many years, people believed there were nine planets that orbited the sun. Now we say there are eight. What happened to the ninth planet, Pluto? What are the different planets like? What exactly makes a planet a planet? These are the many intriguing questions answered with this high-interest book, crafted to be accessible for readers of all levels. Young astronomers will be especially fascinated by the stunning photographs and the "Make the Grade" fact boxes.