¿Por Qué Los Caracoles No Tienen Patas?: Y Muchas Otras Preguntas Sobre El Jardín

This inspiring biographical series ties in with elementary history, science, and social studies curricula, providing teachers with a valuable interdisciplinary resource. With these books, young readers will discover historical figures who devoted their lives to making the world a better place, and changed the course of history. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

"Me cuesta asimilar que, después de casi 30 años de democracia, nadie haya colocado un recuerdo, una lápida, en homenaje a aquellos más de trescientos alicantinos que perdieron la vida en el bombardeo del Mercado de Alicante, el 25 de mayo de 1938. Y me cuesta también comprender que no se haya escrito un solo libro sobre aquella pavorosa y terrible matanza indiscriminada, y que cuando se citan los momentos más trágicos de nuestra incivil contienda se omita este hecho. Ahora ya, no. Miguel Ángel Pérez Oca lo ha hecho posible. En su esfuerzo encontró siempre la ayuda de los...

In a dream, Joaquín meets various animals and discovers that they have very different tails which prove very useful to them.

Correlated to the science curriculum, our Spanish-language series describes how the types of homes that different animals build reflect adaptations to their environments. Through simple, easy-to-follow text, each volume looks at each type of home as a shelter from predators and weather and a place to store food and raise young. Young readers also learn how animal homes and human homes fulfill similar needs and functions.