Los sólidos (Solids)

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.

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!

Readers won't have to disassemble their favorite toys to discover what makes them work. This book explores electric, magnetic, and motion-powered toys from design to function. It introduces readers to the six simple machines and explains how they use force and motion to do work. Not every toy is a technological marvel. Readers learn about time-honored favorites including the rocking horse, Slinky, and rattles.

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.

Hungry for a new drawing challenge? Well, get ready to enter planet cute! In her new collection, artist-author Angela Nguyen turns even the most mundane foods into living, breathing, adorable characters that you will want to draw yourself. As well as cute food-creature fusions such as blueberry kittens and sausage dog hotdogs, in Angela's captivating world, sleeping cats lounge atop sushi, curl inside donuts, or peek out from pizza crusts. Including beautifully clear and straightforward step-by-step instructions and minimal text, How to Draw Really Cute Food is great for both visual learners...

Si crees que ADN son las siglas de un país muy muy lejano y que el bruto de la clase es el único que desciende del mono, ¡has dado con la lectura que necesitabas! Este divertido libro ilustrado explica la genética y la evolución... ¡de manera que lo entienda todo el mundo! ¿Sabías que existen los mutantes? ¿Que cualquier célula de tu cuerpo sabe más de ti que tus padres? ¿Y que algo llamado gen ha hecho que heredes la barbilla de tu bisabuelo (el guapo, claro)? En las páginas de Cómo explicar genética con un dragón mutante descubrirás... ...¡las leyes más extrañas y...

“Era una noche lluviosa, de insomnio, cuando la poesía llamó a las puertas de mi casa; me sentía solo, débil y un poco ciego. Escribí mis primeras líneas en una hoja de cuaderno escolar y a partir de ese día, mi vida tuvo sentido…” Llorar letras, sangrar versos de Gustavo Vázquez Gustavo Vázquez, digno hijo de la patria de Amado Nervo, Frida Kahlo, Rosario Castellanos, Octavio Paz, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Concha Urquiza, entre otros y otras valiosas exponentes de la literatura mexicana para el mundo, surge en la plataforma de la poesía americana con una conmovedora como...

Con páginas desplegables y atractivos modelos realistas de las especies de dinosaurios más populares, este libro es una maravillosa introducción al mundo de estas fascinantes criaturas. With foldout pages and beautiful, realistic models of the most popular dinosaur species, this book is an incredible introduction to the world of these fascinating creatures.