El gran libro de las matemáticas del Ogro feroz

Nature is not always kind. Natural disasters like earthquakes and storms can wipe out cities. Entire cultures and their histories are at risk of being lost. When disaster strikes, some people work to save cultural items. They preserve culture for the future! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process and is perfect for...

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...

Premio alemán al Mejor Libro Juvenil de Divulgación Científica 2009 La vuelta al mundo de un forro polar rojo muestra el trasfondo y las complejas relaciones que hay detrás de la globalización, ilustrando de una manera impresionante la injusticia que domina en el comercio mundial; Sin duda, la próxima vez que vayamos de compras seremos un poco más críticos.

Introduces things to eat and drink that are white, from rice to milk. The book ends with a recipe that a child can make with an adult's help.