In the Lacandon Jungle, beneath a chicozapote tree, Kayum, an intrepid lacandon child, rescues three little racoons fom the cougar's jaws. Kayum, whith his new friends, will have adventures that made him understand the value of nature and comunity.
This book, the first in the Socio-environmental Approaches Collection, places the analysis of local kinship groups in the southern Mayan area of the country and their reproduction and production strategies at the center. The information offered here derives from research with Tseltal, Tsotsil, Mam, Lacandon, Chuj and Yucatec Maya groups, whose historical roots in their territories are deep.
When Diulia Huzarska moved to the next house, the detective boy im-mediately suspected of her. There was no doubt: she was a witch. Step by step, the main character narrates to a police officer the clues to his discovery, without losing the opportunity to use his abilities of deduc-tive thinking and confirm his theory.
Imagine someone creating a machine to undo all of the world's inven-tions, and also undo the memories that people have about them. How do you think the world would be without phones, wheels, pencils, elec-tric guitars, and computers?
The riddles have always been an entretaining challenge that expresses the intelligence and culture of a town: reflecting their ways of talking, their sense of humor, and their way of viewing life. In this book you will find everything from confusing and puzzling riddles to math and logic problems.
What would life be like if one day we contaminated all the water on Earth? What would happen to the plants, to the animals and to humans? Marina knows this far too well because she has grown up in a place where you can't drink the water. Discover how, after wanting to give the planet another chance, her father, doctor Escamandro, uncovers the solution to this environmental problem and the consequences that come along with it.
Discover the mistery found in the robot that Frida and Eduardo built with their grandfather's help. You won't be able to believe everything Kiko can do. A story centered around family and friendship.
Who wouldnʼt want to be the first to try the new and most advanced videogame console in the world? Discover whatʼs hidden inside what appears to be a simple childrenʼs game and become the mythical Perseus at least for one night.
Peter Pan is a child who refuses to grow up. He lives in Neverlad with the lost children and Tinker Bell. One night, Peter arrives at the Darling brothers' window, and invites them to come alone him on the most fantastic journey of his life. Wendy, George and Michel will accept Peterʼs invitation and accompany him to fight pirates, play with indians and escape the mermaids.
Dita is a little spider, but that doesnʼt matter to her because she has a big desire and is willing to strive for it. Even if she must help the worms or ants, or trains every day with beetles.
Why doesnʼt a princess want to be it? Through Loreto Corvalan's beautiful illustrations, we discover good reasons to be something else.
In the beautiful Oaxaca, some traditions are essential for the heart. This Zapotec story, translated into Spanish, is filled with humour, and tells us how a very hungry girl managed to cheerfully and zestfully quench her appetite.
Ogres, talking animals, fairies, princesses and enchanted princes are the main caracters of these tales. In extraordinary situations these characters will have to rid themselves of the difficulties of the fantastic world in which they live. The rules will be none other than magic and wit. Escape from Blue Beard, wake up the Sleepy Beauty, put on the boots of the Puss on Boots or the glass slipper, and visit the wolf who disguised as a grandmother who's waiting you.
