Qué dulce: Dentro de una panadería (Sweet: Inside a Bakery) (Spanish Version)

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.

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther.

Learn how a designer's sketch becomes the fashion we wear and how a designer uses math and geometry to make their designs successful in this fashion-filled book! Including information about the fashion industry, clothing fabrics, patterns, and textures, readers learn all about the different aspects of the fashion industry. With a glossary, index, vivid images, informational text, and interesting facts, this Spanish-translated nonfiction book with engage students from beginning to end.

Many desert animals around the world are in danger of becoming extinct. In this enlightening, Spanish-translated nonfiction title, readers will learn a few of the causes of extinction in the desert and what problems extinction causes for animals, wildlife, and humans alike. Through vibrant photos of beautiful animals and stunning facts in conjunction with informational text and useful charts and diagrams, readers will learn and understand concepts such as habit loss and learn ways that animal activists help to protect animals and their environments, as well as helpful tips to get involved in...

Fruit is sweet, juicy, and healthy. Learn about how MyPlate helps kids make great food choices every day, including fruit!

¿De dónde viene la enorme disparidad entre las mujeres y los hombres en nuestra sociedad? Para descubrirlo, Bravi y Werner recorren la historia de la humanidad desde sus orígenes hasta nuestros tiempos, y muestran que la brecha en los derechos que han experimentado las mujeres no es nueva. Desde la división del trabajo en la prehistoria hasta lo último en la lucha por los derechos reproductivos, pasando por el voto, el dinero, los hijos, el apellido y muchos otros temas en los que las mujeres han tenido históricamente las de perder, esta cronología es una herramienta indispensable e...

A través de una selección de obras de diferentes periodos históricos y lenguajes (pinturas, esculturas, instalaciones, vídeos, fotografías, dispositivos archivísticos...), esta exposición analiza el potencial socializador, transgresor y político que tiene el juego cuando aparece vinculado al espacio público. Se parte de una doble premisa: por un lado, la tradición popular del carnaval nos muestra que existe la posibilidad de utilizar la lógica lúdica para subvertir, reinventar y transcender el orden establecido, lo cotidiano devenido en mero ejercicio de supervivencia; por otro...