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.

A selection of children's poems by Rafael Alberti, Federico García Lorca, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, José A. Goytisolo, Nicolás Guillén, and others.

In this book, children will learn about different kinds of homes, such as houses, apartments, and mobile homes, as well as the purpose of each room within a home. Questions about the reader s home help children connect the information to their own personal experiences.

Este libro ofrece información sobre las características físicas, el comportamiento e hábitos de este insecto.

La visión, la audición, el olfato, el gusto, el tacto.. ¿los conocerán todos? Con esta recopilación de poemas y rimas infantiles, los pequeños y pequeñas lectoras podrán descubrir de una forma divertida y educativa los cinco sentidos mientras disfrutan de las ilustraciones realizadas por Ana Acosta Velasquez.