Cómo funcionan los juguetes (How Toys Work)

Readers will be amazed to discover that every time they climb onto bicycles and ride like the wind, they are defying gravity! This book explains the physics and history behind bicycles, skateboards, and surfboards. Readers learn what happens from the simplest movement of rolling forward to more complex tricks and stunts of jumping and spinning. Readers will never look at bikes, skateboards or surfboards the same way again.

Readers may never expect that they might free fall to Earth, but if they have ever dived into a pool, that's exactly what they've done. This book shows readers how Newton's three laws of motion affect divers, skydivers, and mountain climbers' movements. Readers discover who uses gravity, and who works against it, and all other forces that contribute to a successful dive or climb. After reading this book, readers can decide if they will ever be interested in engaging in one of these extreme sports.

How do architects and contractors use math and geometry to help build a house? Readers will find out in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction book that features bright images and charts, informational text, and intriguing facts that will familiarize children with construction, construction equipment and materials, and blueprints. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Jaque mate es un libro único en el que se dan cita y se interrelacionan, como en un tablero de ajedrez, los mejores textos del imaginativo universo de Jostein Gaarder, al cumplirse sus veinte años como escritor. Jaque mate es una colección de enigmas, aventuras y cuentos que nos demuestra por qué los libros de Jostein Gaarder son leídos en todos los continentes, y que han sido sacados de esa gran variedad, imaginación, profundidad y originalidad contenidas en libros como El diagnóstico, El misterio del solitario, El mundo de Sofía, El misterio de Navidad, El enigma del espejo, Vita...

El crucero es uno de los barcos más grandes del mundo. El barco crucero más grande puede llevar unas 8.700 personas a bordo. Aprende más sobre estas máquinas poderosas en Los cruceros, uno de los libros audiovisuales de AV2. Cruise ships are some of the largest boats in the world. The biggest cruise ship can carry about 8,700 people. Learn more about these mighty machines in Cruise Ships, an AV2 media enhanced book.

En este libro con partes móviles para niños, Buz la abeja rezumba por aquí y por allá en busca de un amigo con quien jugar. Habla con caracoles, orugas, escarabajos, hormigas, catarinas, y mariposas pero todo el mundo está muy ocupado.

A little girl, found at sea, is taken to a strange country where no one knows her name, her language, or her people.