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Children often assume that being fair means that everyone gets the same number of cookies, but at the heart of fairness is consideration, respect, and caring for others. Your readers will encounter real-life situations in which young people figure out how to act fairly. They'll meet Ben and Jane who are playing on the swings at recess while other children wait to use the swings. What is the fair thing to do? Each spread consists of one of these relatable scenarios along with a full-color photograph. Fun, accessible text encourages readers to consider how they treat others as they discover...

When a bird flies by a window or a car zooms by on the highway, we often wonder how fast the two objects traveled. This book explains the concept of speed to readers while showing them accessible ways to measure it for themselves. Learning the amount of distance traveled, and how quickly that distance was covered, is a great way to implement a variety of STEM topics while practicing this essential mathematical skill.

A María se le cae el mundo encima cuando su padre le dice que se trasladan a vivir a Bolivia. Un mundo desconocido que le reserva sorpresas que ella no espera. ¿Hasta qué punto el azar puede cambiar la vida de una persona? Una novela que muestra los problemas de adaptación y, también, la capacidad de superación personal.

Leonard B. Meyer explica en este libro como funcionan los mecanismos de la mente para percibir y entender la musica. Sus paginas constituyen un lucido estudio de la psicologia de la percepcion musical que ha sido profusamente citado por musicologos, compositores y filosofos desde su primera edicion de 1956. Entre sus admiradores figuran Umberto Eco y Enrico Fubini, cuyos comentarios aparecen recogidos en el amplio prologo escrito por el prestigioso compositor Jose Luis Turina, autor tambien de la traduccion. &la" El objeto principal de este ensayo --senala Turina-- es doble: de un lado,...