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Las novedades destacadas de la semana
“El 11 de septiembre y la tradición disidente en Estados Unidos” “Las voces disidentes se han dejado sentir en cada fase de la historia norteamericana, generando siempre instancias de resistencia al poder y poniendo en cuestión definiciones interesadas y hegemónicas de la identidad nacional. Este volumen pretende explorar el pasado, presente y futuro de la
Las novedades destacadas de la semana
“The Easter egg: a Ukrainian folktale” by Jan Brett “Hoppi, the lovable bunny hero, and her remarkable Easter Rabbit will enchant readers as they pore over illustrations of dazzling eggs made by Flora Bunny, Aunt Sassyfrass and other adorable characters. If Hoppi can make the best Easter egg, he will get to help the Easter
Los libros preferidos de nuestros lectores
“La historia del silencio” por Pedro Zarraluki “Esta novela trata de otro libro que no llegó a ser escrito, y también de todo aquello que ocultamos a las personas que más seguras están de conocernos. Tras una bella ensoñación compartida, una pareja decide embarcarse en la preparación de un libro sobre el silencio.” Extraido de
Nuevo número recibido de: REVISTA DE ESTUDIOS HISPÁNICOS (Tomo XLVII, Número 2, junio 2013)
Sumario de éste número: Vicky Unruh, Upacking the Libraries of Post-Soviet Cuba Benigno Trigo, Peacemaker; The Foraker Act and the Poetry of Evaristo Ribera Chevremont Marc Olivier Reid, Carlos Fuentes, Reader of the Enlightenment Héctor Alfonso Melo Ruiz, De la utopía de la edad dorada al paraíso “caníbal” en Los perros del paraíso (1983)
Los libros preferidos de nuestros lectores
“The fantastic flying books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” by William Joyce & Joe Bluhm “Stunningly brought to life by William Joyce, one of the preeminent creators in children’s literature, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a modern masterpiece, showing that in today’s world of traditional books, eBooks, and apps, it’s story that
Nuevo número recibido de: The Economist (JULY 13TH – 19TH 2013)
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Los libros preferidos de nuestros lectores
“Big book of papercraft” by Fiona Watt and designed and illustrated by Antonia Miller, Non Figg and Katrina Fearn “Crammed full of fun and challenging things to make and do with paper, from paper crocodiles to 3-D bugs, the book covers and embossing will keep even the most active and keen-minded child occupied. It also
Exploring Our Galaxy: Red Group
For our Outer Space Week the Red Group won the Odyssey of the Mind contest with their alien. The students were very creative using ballons, face masks and pasta to create an Alien. Creating Galaxies We studied all about the earth’s galaxy. Then students had a blast creating galaxies using chalk and paper. We also
Learning English Through the Senses
The Yellow Group studied the senses exploring different senses through various experiments. We did several experiments to test our senses, but focused on seeing and hearing in particular. After learning a bit about the anatomy of the eye we made a simple model of our eyeball. Plus, we talked about animation and how we perceive
Experimenting with the Five Senses
All Summer in the City groups competed in the Odyssey of the Mind contest prepared by the Blue and Purple groups. The Blue and Purple groups explained to the other groups what the activity entailed and monitored the experiments. They did a great job explaining everything in English. Students moved through five centers to experiment
