El ferrocarril transcontinental (The Transcontinental Railroad)

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

Young children are natural problem-solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves interesting animals. This Spanish-language edition of Scaly Swimmers provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the animal lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.

¿Y si la magia que buscas está en ti? Solo cuando empieces a creer en ella empezarás a brillar. Puedes comerte el mundo, pero antes tienes que creer que puedes. Este libro es un viaje por todas aquellas cosas que necesito escuchar, por los miedos e inseguridades que algún día me persiguieron y por todas esas pequeñas cosas que me hacen feliz. Ana Marín, la nueva promesa de la novela gráfica, nos presenta un libro lleno de humor y mucho estilazo.

"In search of "Don Quixote" from other side of the estimate that there are no gaps between the various fields of knowledge and literary productions that are specific manifestations of a global representation system historically determined. So, it seemed necessary to put Don Quixote in its various circumstances, linking it to the contexts under which it has set, especially regarding attitudes and references involved, not to mention the cultural particularities that arise in him, both scholarly and popular. Hence, the approaches used, of a historical, anthropological and literary, to go for the ...

Yendo un paso más allá de historias bíblicas, este libro a todo color anima a los niños de 5 a 8 años de edad, a detenerse y pensar en el significado de cada oración presentada. Más de cinco docenas de oraciones se incluyen en divertidas historias y son acompañadas con ilustraciones y diseños a todo color. For the first time in Spanish, this devotional book encourages children ages five to eight to stop and think about the meaning of more than five dozen Bible stories. Devotions are drawn from the breadth of scripture and are brightly illustrated for young readers’ pleasure.