Mi Primer Libro de Recortar

This brightly illustrated title presents lyrics and instructions for various traditional Hispanic games. Each entry is designed to help caregivers engage in constructive, rhythmic play with infants and pre-schoolers. Through these activities, caregivers will help small children develop hand eye coordination, neuromuscular control, rhythm and attention span.

Like the other Sasek classics, these are facsimile editions of his original books. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than forty years later and, where applicable, facts have been updated for the twenty-first century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the back of each book. The stylish, charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek’s witty, playful narrative, make these books a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their parents, many of whom will remember them from their own childhood. In This is...

Defines pulleys, explains their functions, and suggests simple experiments to demonstrate how they work.

In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is in trouble, she helps them cross to freedom.