Antonio Berni

Introduces Iran, including the geography, people, education, rural and urban life, housing, food, work, and amusements, along with other information about the country.

Using helpful maps, charts, and intriguing facts in conjunction with vibrant images and informational text, this fact-filled, Spanish-translated nonfiction title allows early elementary readers to explore the lush rainforests of the world. Readers will learn make their way from the forest floor to the understory, all the way to the canopy!

Mysterious ancient ruins, hidden deep in the jungle of southern Mexico In May 1840, explorers John Stephens and Frederick Catherwood road their mules along a steep, muddy jungle path. They were hoping to find the ruins of an ancient, deserted site in Mexico they knew only from visitors’ accounts. Through the trees, they spied the remains of a crumbling stone palace. Palenque! In the weeks they spent there, the men discovered intricately designed buildings and mysterious glyphs, or symbols. Who built this city? What did the glyphs mean? The questions remained largely unanswered until the...

Escasas son las noticias que nos han llegado acerca de Apolonio de Rodas, poeta griego de la epoca alejandrina. Sabemos de el que nacio hacia el ano 300 a.C. en Alejandria, donde fue director de la famosa biblioteca y preceptor del heredero del trono. En Las argonauticas, poema epico en cuatro cantos, relata Apolonio las aventuras de Jason y los argonautas en busca del vellocino de oro, una de las fabulas mitologicas mas conocidas de la Antiguedad.