Cynthia Ann Parker

Death Valley is one of the hottest and driest deserts of the world! Readers are taken on an adventure through Death Valley to learn about the plants and animals that survive in this dry, hot desert landscape in this engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Featuring vivid photographs, informational text, and riveting facts about desert ecology, readers will be fascinated from beginning to end!

La novela empieza una vez Marta ha vuelto a Alicante, tras doce años de estancia en Nápoles. Con el recuerdo de la muerte de la abuela, construirá los puentes simbólicos de su memoria con el objetivo de re&flexionar sobre los motivos que la han llevado a una nueva fuga, en este caso de&finitiva. Marta dibuja puentes es un canto a la unión entre los pueblos del Mediterráneo, un análisis atractivo de las semejanzas y de las diferencias culturales entre dos ciudades portuarias que comparten un pasado histórico común.

When President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from cash-strapped France in 1803, he doubled the size of the United States without really knowing what he was getting. He dispatched Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery to explore a territory that would include part or all of fifteen future states and to seek a water route to the West Coast. Westward expansion began immediately, all for the bargain price of 15 million dollars. This book richly explores this fascinating part of history.

El chocolate es una golosina sabrosa. ¿Pero sabías que el chocolate viene de una vaina de cacao que crece en un árbol? Sigue cada paso del proceso para descubrir cómo una vaina de cacao se transforma en chocolate. Chocolate is a tasty treat. But did you know that chocolate starts as a bean growing on a tree? Follow each step in the process to discover how a bean becomes chocolate. Now in Spanish!