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.

Octavio the bear cub does not want to go to school, and no matter what his mother, his teacher, and his classmates do or say, his answer is always a resounding "No!"

Book Features: • Ages 5-8, Grades K-2 • 24 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches • Simple, easy-to-read pages in Spanish with full-color pictures • Includes a photo glossary and a reading extension activity • Supports NGSS Dive Into Learning: In Mi Biblioteca de Ciencias de la Tierra y el Espacio: Una Excursión por la Tierra, kindergarten—second graders learn about all the different landforms on Earth and the forces that create them. Science Learning Made Fun: Earth’s surface has mountains, plains, canyons, and many other formations. Young readers learn about all the different landforms...

Helps young adult high school and college students better understand how to make Bible-informed ethical decisions on issues like abortion, homsexuality, marriage and divorce, the morality of war, sexuality, and more.

Desde los albores de los tiempos, miramos hacia arriba y nos preguntamos... ¿qué hay allí? La sonda Voyager 2 ha explorado durante más de cuarenta años los confines de nuestro sistema solar y en estos mismos momentos se aventura en el espacio exterior llevando un mensaje de la humanidad. Este álbum nos transporta poéticamente a la profundidad del espacio exterior en un viaje embriagador más allá del infinito. Since the dawn of time, we look up and wonder ... what is there? The Voyager 2 probe has explored the confines of our solar system for more than forty years, and at this very...