Héroes y heroínas: un mundo de pasiones

"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...

A powerful and poetic play from the author of Death and the Maiden. A Man and a Woman in purgatory - a soul-less white room. Each is interrogated in turn by the other. Each is groping for forgiveness and contrition. But one of them has done something unforgiveable...

Simple text encourages children to make healthy decisions, including brushing after meals, washing hands regularly, and getting regular checkups at the dentist and the doctor.

Un libro imprescindible para cualquier lector interesado en la grandeza de la mitología egipcia y su rica simbología, y en todo lo que rodea a esta enigmática civilización. El Antiguo Egipto ha llegado hasta nosotros rodeado de magia y misterio; desde que desapareciera, hace más de veinte siglos, sus pirámides, templos, tumbas y fascinantes criaturas, siguen encendiendo nuestra imaginación. Como si de cuentos se tratara, la autora nos relata los mitos egipcios más importantes, ilustrándolos con maestría y riguroso detalle. A partir de diversas fuentes históricas, como los Textos de ...