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.

"This photo-illustrated book for early readers describes the wetland ecosystem. Includes picture glossary and index"--

Photosynthesis is the basis for all life on Earth! This exciting and sensitive book looks at how plants take a gas that is poisonous to people and animals and, with the help of the Sun, create food and oxygen for all creatures. Children will delight at learning about the little chloroplast factories inside the leaves of plants and become aware of how important plants really are! Children of all ages will love this book!

Everyday examples, such as a motorcycle and a tricycle, demonstrate differences in speed. A simple, Spanish narrative runs beneath the photographs.

In June of 1870, Charles Dickens died before finishing his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The ending of that novel would become one of the great literary enigmas of all time. In 2018 the filmmaker Hugo Almagro agrees to write a script about The Mystery of Edwin Drood.