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.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Learn the secrets to artful cupcakes, oven-fresh bread, and other delicious baked goods in this delightful nonfiction title. Readers will learn how mathematics helps bakers measure their ingredients to make tasteful treats. Featuring vibrant images and charts, informative text, and fun, intriguing facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book will leave children fascinated by all the details that go into baking their favorite treats--like doughnuts and cookies!

Enamorado de la vida y de las causas de los oprimidos, Neruda, poeta del amor y la libertad (premio Nobel de Literatura 1971), representa y sintetiza todo el vigor y contradicciones de un mundo a la vez muy reciente y antiguo: América del Sur.

A young girl explains how she and her diverse group of friends are all different from each other. In this first-person nonfiction narrative, vibrant photographs reinforce the idea of a community of students who respect each other and live in harmony. A picture-word glossary is included.

Con instrucciones paso a paso y consejos fáciles de seguir, este divertido y detallado libro de dibujo revela cómo puedes empezar a dibujar caras y personajes de anime en muy poco tiempo. Cubriendo todo, desde formas básicas de la cabeza hasta ojos, narices, oídos, bocas y más, también descubrirás cómo puedes comenzar a mapear rostros enteros para dibujar ilustraciones impecables e impresionantes para una amplia gama de expresiones y situaciones. Si eres un aspirante a artista que quiere mejorar tus habilidades y probar cosas nuevas, o un fanático del anime que quiere empezar a...

Say hello to heroes! This book introduces preschoolers to 50 men and women of color who have changed the world! Desde Toussaint L'Overture, el líder de la Revolución haitiana, hasta la jueza Sonia Sotomayor, la primera puertorriqueña jueza de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos, estos héroes y heroínas persistieron contra la adversidad y las dificultades para lograr un cambio positivo.From Toussaint L'Ouverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, to Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Supreme Court Justice from Puerto Rico, these heroes have persisted through adversity and hardships to...