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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision--especially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An illuminating examination of how the brain helps us to understand and navigate space-and why, sometimes, it doesn't work the way it should. Navigation is one of the most complex tasks our brains perform. And we do it countless times a day-as we drive across town to the airport, or traverse the maze of a supermarket, or walk within our own homes. But why is it that some people are lost on their own street and others can seamlessly navigate a new...
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Olivia busca en el mercado de agricultores algo que llene su canasta. La manzana es demasiado pequęa y el calabac̕n demasiado largo. ¿Qǔ encajar̀ bien? Involucra a los nįos pequęos en las matem̀ticas del sentido espacial" -
"Olivia searches the farmers market for something that will fill her basket. The apple is too small, and the zucchini is too long. What will fit just right? Engages young children in the math of spatial sense"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Mei planta una semilla y la ve crecer. Pronto, la plantita le llega hasta los dedos de los pies, luego las rodillas y luego la cintura. ¿Qǔ altura tendr̀? Involucra a los nįos pequęos en la exploraci̤n de medidas informales" -
"Mei plants a seed and watches it grow. Soon the little plant is up to her toes, then her knees, then her waist. How tall will it get? Engages young children in exploring informal measurement"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Rafael quiere proteger sus juguetes de Essie, su hermanita. Para eso busca materiales en su casa para construir un muro que sea lo suficientemente alto y ancho como para que Essie no pase. ¿Pero ese muro será lo suficientemente fuerte? ¿Y qué quiere Essie realmente? Esta es una exploración divertida del espacio físico y de la geometría, la cual presenta personajes chicanos (mexicoamericanos) e incluye un glosario de palabras en español.
Rafael...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this playful, interactive introduction to ideas of perspective, you're invited to guess the seven animals that hide in the book's pages. It may sound easy but, at first, you can only see the animals right up close...and things look so different from up close and faraway! What looks like an elephant's trunk might actually be a little birdie's tail ...and those two googly eyes? Well, when we zoom out, they don't really look like eyes at all!
12) In the half room
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The light of the half moon Shines down on the half room . . .The half room is full of half things. A half chair, a half cat, even half shoes--all just as nice as whole things. When half a knock comes on half a door, who in the world could it be? With inventive flair, Caldecott Honor winner Carson Ellis explores halves and wholes in an ingenious and thought-provoking picture book. Ink and gouache illustrations featuring wry detail and velvety textures...
13) Press here
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Using no special effects other than the reader's imagination, a series of dots multiplies, grows, or changes color by pressing, tilting, or blowing on the previous page.
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