Spiders Up Close / Las aranas

A mindfulness practice that adults and children can do together, designed to nurture compassion towards oneself and others. One of four stylish, bilingual board books in the Niños mindful series, designed to help toddlers manage the ups and downs of everyday emotions.

¿Qué hizo que una familia latinoamericana abandonara su tierra natal para partir con sus tres hijos, de diez, trece y quince años, a tierras del continente africano? Siga las peripecias y aventuras de la familia Jacobi Mangold durante quince años de servicio misionero en el Hospital de Leprosos de Masanga, Sierra Leona; el Hospital Scheer Memorial en Nepal, al norte de la India; y el Hospital Misionero de Yuka, Zambia. Comparta su período de adaptación a una vida sin electricidad, televisión ni otras comodidades básicas, y su angustia al sufrir un ataque al hospital por fuerzas...

Readers learn the basics of caring for common household pets, from physical features, to behavior, to diet. Also explored is how the animal's natural habitat differs from the habitat provided in the home.

The values and traditions of Mexicans at home, school, and work are explored as well as how life differs in urban and rural settings.