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.

Enrique Barrios decide en esta obra hablarnos en primera persona, convirtiéndose así en protagonista de su relato y creando de este modo una fascinante realidad novelada que atrapará al lector irremediablemente. Tras las vicisitudes de su emocionante re

Francisco Dallmeier is a scientist with a very important job. He works to save wild animals and the places where they live all around the world. Find about more about this amazing person in this title.

Learn all about scaly and cold-blooded snakes! Complete with a More Facts section and bolded glossary terms. Young readers will gather basic information about snakes through easy-to-read, simple text alongside colorful full-bleed photographs. Translated by native Spanish speakers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

This delightfully whimsical story explains pregnancy to children. My Mommy's Water Balloon satisfies a child's natural curiosity about the changes in their Mommy's body while providing concepts that small children can understand, and making the real connections to the beautiful process of pregnancy.