La Gente de la Luna

After befriending a clever tortoise while lost in the Brazilian rainforest, a young Kulina girl, Mira helps it keep from becoming her father's dinner.

Cabeza de águila tries to find a way to free his fellow musicians who have been captured by the jealous Tonatiuh Sol because they have only honored the Spirit of the Night, Tezcatlipoca.

The moon people, Kaluma, Aluma, and others use a cloud bridge to travel to the Earth, a messy but beautiful world of incredible variety that becomes their new home.

Blobfish, pangolin, and flower mantis are just a few of the names of the bizarre bugs and animals that readers will learn about in this fascinating, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through vibrant images and photos, informational text, a glossary of terms, and an index, readers will learn some of the strange ways that arthropods, invertebrates, and mammals have adapted over time to camouflage themselves and develop interesting ways to keep predators away.

Planet Earth gives us the things we need to survive. When it changes, it affects us all. But humans also affect Earth. It’s important that we take care of our planet so that it can continue to take care of us. This Spanish nonfiction book explores the subjects of human ecology and climate change in depth, and introduces students to important scientific concepts and vocabulary like desertification, deforestation, carbon dioxide, erosion, drought, fossil fuels, the greenhouse effect, and more. The colorful images, diagrams, sidebars, and text features will keep students connected to the text....

Resumen: Ser abogado no es una tarea sencilla. Exige tener una gran capacidad de concentración y de juicio; capacidad de análisis y para realizar esfuerzos prolongados; el sentido del peligro desarrollado; capacidad de atención en condiciones que habitualmente desconcentrarían a cualquiera; capacidad de exposición escrita y oral; psicología cotidiana; visión estratégica de los asuntos; valor.

En 1995, Iqbal Masih, se convirtió en mártir por la lucha contra la esclavitud infantil al ser asesinado en Lahore, su localidad natal. Iqbal denunció su situación ante la opinión pública para concienciar al mundo de una injusticia que afecta a millones de menores en el mundo. A partir de la recreación de los testimonios de los que lo conocieron, lo escucharon o lo odiaron, asistimos a la descripción de un personaje cuya labor ha sido imprescindible en la búsqueda de un mundo mejor.