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.

Describes How Animals Camouflage And Disguise Themselves In Order To Survive, Hunt, And Mimic Other Animals.

A boy has a good time attending a fair with his grandmother in San Luis de La Paz, Mexico, as she teaches him Spanish words and phrases and he teaches her English.

«Vivimos en este planeta como si tuviéramos otro, y olvidamos que la tierra no nos pertenece: nosotros le pertenecemos a ella. Somos hijos de la tierra, y la tierra confía en nosotros.» Estamos en un momento único en la historia. Y este libro, cuyas palabras brotan de las voces de Jane Goodall, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg o Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, nos recuerda que debemos cuidar y amar nuestro hogar, porque de esto depende nuestro futuro.

El chocolate es una golosina sabrosa. ¿Pero sabías que el chocolate viene de una vaina de cacao que crece en un árbol? Sigue cada paso del proceso para descubrir cómo una vaina de cacao se transforma en chocolate. Chocolate is a tasty treat. But did you know that chocolate starts as a bean growing on a tree? Follow each step in the process to discover how a bean becomes chocolate. Now in Spanish!