Semillas del ayer

If it were possible to shrink down and take a tour of a human body, would you want to go? Readers will get that chance when they explore the body of a guy named Marty, who will let them check out the body systems that keep his heart beating and his body moving every day. With the help of a tiny ship that goes through his ears and all the way through his digestive system, readers will learn exactly what they are made of with this great book.

La fiesta de las estaciones recoge los mejores cuentos, poemas, tradiciones, adivinanzas y juegos para descubrir los cambios que nos depara cada estaci�n del a�o. A veces da la impresi�n de que el a�o se repite: estaci�n tras estaci�n salen del mismo escondite los meses y las semanas... Pero los ni�os lo saben: hoy no es igual que ma�ana, las estaciones son fiestas. Las estaciones de a�o son algo que suscita un gran inter�s por parte de los ni�os. Cada vez que un peque�o curioso pregunta por qu� existen diferentes estaciones podemos explic�rselo de muchas maneras....

A grandmother teaches her grandchildren using traditional Spanish-language sayings. The follow-up to Qué cosas dice mi abuela by Ana Galan. Grandma and her grandchildren visit a farm. Once again, Grandma advices the children in a fun and unique way. La abuela y sus nietos visitan una granja. Una vez más, la abuela aconseja a los niños de una forma divertida y única.

Politicians today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from. Not from an orgy of government spending, but as the direct result of bailing out, recapitalizing, and adding liquidity to the broken banking system. Through these actions private...