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Young readers are introduced to the concept of habitats in this colorful book. Each spread describes a different habitat and the animals that live there. Children will learn about habitats in forests, deserts, grasslands, wetlands, on mountains, and in the Arctic and Antarctic. An activity asks readers to use what they have learned to match photos of habitats with their habitat names.

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...

Introduces equipment and devices commonly found in a science laboratory, including beakers, a hand lens, a microscope, and telescopes, and describes their use.

Queridos amigos, Aprendí a leer desde muy niña buenas lecturas, cuando ya leía de “corrido" me nutrí en la biblioteca de mi abuelo, un militar ermitaño ya pensionado; mi imaginación también volaba oyendo los cuentos de las tertulias de antaño, que se daban en expresiones de admiración de temor, y de risas y cololoquios de familias pueblerinas. Hoy a mis años, las mezclas de entre los recuerdos y los sueños y en mi soledad la visita de alguno que otro fantasma que comparte conmigo amablemente lo que fueron sus vidas, me han abismado al mundo de la imaginación y de las letras, no...