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.

When her mother was worn out from caring for her five sisters, her father gave her lessons in brushwork and color. When polio kept her bedridden for nine months, drawing saved her from boredom. When a bus accident left her in unimaginable agony, her paintings expressed her pain and depression - and eventually, her joys and her loves. Over and over again, Frida Kahlo turned the challenges of her life into art. Now Jonah Winter and Ana Juan have drawn on both the art and the life to create a playful, insightful tribute to one of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Viva Frida!

Esta nueva y adorable Biblia para bebés presenta el mensaje de la Biblia en forma de verso (o sea, breve y concisa). Este libro es una gran introducción a la Biblia para los más pequeños. El texto, agradable y con rimas, está escrito con continuidad escritural y atrae a la audiencia más pequeña hacia los elementos clave del Antiguo y Nuevo Testamento.

“Al tener el armario vacío, pude observar en el fondo del lateral derecho una hendidura que me produjo curiosidad, porque pensé que se estaba estropeando, aunque las condiciones de temperatura y humedad eran óptimas para su conservación. Pasé los dedos por ella y vi una tabla que se diferenciaba, por la veta de la madera, del resto del suelo del armario; insistí tocando y estuve segura de que aquella tabla se podía levantar.” Demonios en el armario propone una búsqueda del ser a partir de una trama entretenida y una prosa fluida. María Montesinos, protagonista de la historia,...

How much life can one cubic foot hold? Read how photographer David Liittschwager and zoologist Chris Meyer studied life in one cubic foot, and how their findings can teach us about life on the entire planet. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Spanish Informational Text builds reading skills while engaging students' curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. Packed with factoids and informative sidebars, it features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for use in a makerspace and teaches students every step of the engineering design process....