Pútrida patria

Bridges are a big part of how people get from place to place. But how do they work and how are they built? In this engaging text, readers will explore these important engineering marvels that link places divided by water. Along the way they’ll learn how to build their own model bridge with a step-by-step guide accompanied by full-color photographs of each step. Accessible text illuminates the science behind every span we drive over—and sometimes under!

Texas cuisine is influenced by various cultures, including German, British, African American, Cajun/Creole, Mexican, Native American and Asian. Most people associate Texas cuisine with Tex-Mex cooking, but readers will learn that, for instance, the Texas barbecue is equally famous as well as unique in all of the United States.

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....

En este volumen, aprenderás a diferenciar las principales especies de lagartos, un reptil que vive en hábitats muy variados y que tienen costumbres tan curiosas domo la del camaleón de cambiar el color de su piel para adaptarlo al color del entorno. Conocerás también a lagartos de tamaños tan dispares como el varano gigante, de más de tres metros de longitud, y el geco, que apenas alcanza los diez centímetros y descubirás que los lagartos se deshacen de una parte de la cola para engañar a sus enemigos.