Wild Turkeys

The world around us is more powerful than we know. Discover how earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and more have affected people and places around the world in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Through informational text, vivid images, and stunning facts and charts, readers will learn about disasters such as The Great Potato Famine, Hurricane Katrina, Mount St. Helens, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as epidemics and pandemics such as the bubonic plague and swine flu.

Examines the role of water on earth, how the cycle of evaporation and condensation works, and the effects of water on all forms of life.

If asked to define a forest, readers might say, "It has a lot of trees." But many places have a lot of trees. So, what makes a forest a forest? Readers discover that a forest is unlike any other biome on Earth. And a temperate forest is even more specific. Readers learn the many life cycles found within a forest and how the energy pyramid explains the numbers of forest plants and animals. In addition, readers learn by examining how forces usually considered destructive work to help forests survive. 32pp.

«Mi Primer Larousse de los ¿Cómo?» está pensado para satisfacer la infinita curiosidad de los más pequeños y ofrece respuestas ingeniosas a preguntas no menos complicadas: ¿cómo se pone la mina en los lápices?, ¿cómo funcionan las gafas?, ¿cómo se hacen los bebés?, ¿cómo beben las jirafas con un cuello tan largo?, ¿cómo se hacen los túneles bajo el mar?, ¿cómo viviremos dentro de mil años?... El libro responde a cientos de cuestiones que los más pequeños se hacen en su día a día y despeja numerosas dudas sobre temas tan variados como... ¿cómo eran los dinosaurios, ...