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A playful picture-book biography of the father of space-age bachelor-pad lounge music. Gorgeously illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh, this lively biography follows Juan Garcia Esquivel from Mexico to New York City. Juan grew up to the sounds of mariachi bands; he loved music and became a musical explorer. Defying convention, he created music that made people laugh and planted images in their minds. His musical dreams brought him from Mexico to America and gained him worldwide renown. Juan’s space-age lounge music—popular in the fifties and sixties—has found a new generation of listeners....

This inspiring biographical series ties in with elementary history, science, and social studies curricula, providing teachers with a valuable interdisciplinary resource. With these books, young readers will discover historical figures who devoted their lives to making the world a better place, and changed the course of history. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Presented in a large-size picture book format, this is the story of the Mars Rover Curiosity. It explains how it was built at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, how it got its name, how it got to Mars, and what its mission hoped to accomplish. A timeline about the history of Mars exploration is provided at the end.

Fundador en 1897 del Teatro del Arte de Moscú, la figura de Constantin Stanislavski ocupa un puesto destacado en la reformulación de la labor interpretativa planteada a principios del siglo xx, por su desarrollo de una concepción teatral basada en la adecuada ambientación de cada obra y la preparación psicotécnica del actor. 'La construcción del personaje', su último libro, fue publicado póstumamente y el tratamiento de los temas que en él se abordan la caracterización física de los actores, el vestuario, la expresión corporal, la plasticidad del movimiento, la contención y el...