Héroes y heroínas: un mundo de pasiones

Which things move slowly? Read this book to find out about how and why things move slowly. Books in this series introduce children to simple forces. Each book uses simple, repetitive text to teach children basic vocabulary, and includes stunning photographs that show how different forces are at work in the world around us. In Slow, children learn about things that commonly move slowly, how pushes and pulls can make something move slowly, and how some things are slower than others.

Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian who has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the ruins and recall long-forgotten memories of her own youth. In each other, Ulysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amidst the rubble of war-torn Italy, and set off on a course of events that will shape Ulysses' life for the next four decades. As Ulysses returns home to London,...

Se alejó lo más posible. Necesitaba como nunca sentir la tierra, el aire, la naturaleza, cargarse de su fuerza ahora que las suyas flaqueaban. Volvió a llorar, se rebeló contra su destino, al parecer el mismo que el de todas las mujeres de su familia, que como en una maldición después de bendecirlas con el amor, las abocaba a perder al hombre que amaban. Lucía ha perdido a sus padres a temprana edad y aguarda angustiada la muerte de su abuela Esperanza, con quien vive. Su abuela, además del cariño y el afecto debidos a los lazos de la sangre, se ha preocupado por hacerle entender las ...

Los cangrejos ermitaños no tienen caparazón propio. Deben mudarse a caparazones más grandes a medida que crecen. Aprende estos y otros datos intrigantes en El cangrejo ermitaño, uno de los libros de Me encanta mi mascota. Hermit crabs do not have their own shells. They must move into bigger shells as their bodies grow. Learn these intriguing facts and more in Hermit Crab, an I Love My Pet book.