Maravillas del mundo

A su paso por Saturno, las sondas Voyager tomaron, en los años 80 del siglo pasado, numerosas fotografías de sus anillos. Aquellas imágenes dieron pie, poco más tarde, a un extravagante experimento. Tras reproducir con suma precisión el diseño de los anillos en forma de surcos sobre un disco de vinilo, la audición desveló por sorpresa, en medio de una sucesión de frecuencias sin sentido, un fragmento de la Ofrenda musical, una de las composiciones más enigmáticas y esotéricas de Johann Sebastian Bach. Este sorprendente resultado podría interpretarse como un atisbo, singular y...

From the water they drink to the trees they climb, kids are connected to the natural world in big and surprising ways. With simple, poetic text and exquisite artwork, this book does more than introduce kids to these connections. It sparks their imagination. It starts conversations, and it delights all ages. Combining the ideas of environmental author Elin Kelsey with the inventive three-dimensional dioramas of artist Soyeon Kim, this remarkable picture book reveals ties that are often sensed yet seldom explained. And in a world dominated by technology, never have these incredible connections...

In this book, you'll find dramatic photographs of big cats from all over the world. See snow leopards on icy mountains, lions on African grasslands and jaguars in the Amazon rainforest. You can also read vivid descriptions of how big cats move, hunt and find a mate.

Why did the Civil War begin? Which states were part of the Union and which were part of the Confederacy? Readers will learn the answers to these questions and more as they move through this fascinating nonfiction Spanish-translated book. The easy-to-read text, engaging facts, and vivid images and illustrations help highlight some of the aspects that led up to the Civil War including the slavery, the Underground Railroad, abolitionists, the Fugitive Slave Act, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The accessible table of contents works in conjunction with the supportive...