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.

Un práctico libro que engloba diferentes contenidos, con explicaciones muy sencillas e ilustraciones adaptadas, para tratar los temas preferidos de los más pequeños. Con esta enciclopedia podremos resolver las dudas más diversas con claridad y precisión.

Children are encouraged to celebrate and appreciate both their own and other people's differences and shows how, when people of different races and ethic backgrounds come together, they make a beautiful rainbow.

"This book will allow you to share with your child compositions full of strength and creativity side-byside (you color on one page and the little one on the opposite). Children and moms will enjoy coloring... together. Sharing games and leisure with children is highly recommended, and this is a perfect book for mothers who love to color and enjoy leisure time with their children."

Seguro que has escuchado hablar de sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, pero ¿sabes cómo se convirtió en la Décima Musa? En una hacienda a la falda de los volcanes, Juana Inés vive con su entrañable abuelo, su madre y su querida hermana Josefa, rodeada de libros y siempre acompañada por su perro xoloitzcuintle. Pronto Juana Inés se enamora del maravilloso mundo que se esconde detrás de las letras y, al pie de la pintura de la virreina, escribe los más hermosos poemas. Descubre cómo fue la niñez de sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, ¡la poeta más destacada que dejó Nueva España!