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.

Some people are afraid of mice, but these tiny critters are full of interesting facts. Through both English and standard Latin-American Spanish, learn how little mice are taken care of and how some of these itty bitty animals are even kept as pets or used to run tests. From tiny pink pups to wild mice invading your home, these animals will help readers learn definitions and early concepts with the use of full-color pictures and a great picture glossary. Strong picture-text correlation aids in comprehension Reading level supports beginning readers Picture glossary helps develop vocabulary...

El enfrentamiento de Custodio con la testaruda realidad convierte cualquier situación vivida en algo disparatado. Custodio, roñica, delgaducho y calvo, trabaja como farmacéutico en Bembibre, un hermoso pueblecito de la comarca de El Bierzo. Allí se dedica a elaborar brebajes y ungüentos para sus parroquianos cuando no está luchando contra el despilfarro de su familia numerosa. Tan pronto lo veremos produciendo remedios "fabulosos y muy inocuos" como racionando la luz y el papel higiénico a su mujer y a sus siete fieras. El mundo de Custodio es el mundo de un Quijote científico de...

Presents profiles of fourteen Latino baseball players who, from 1900 through the 1960s, were pioneers of the sport in their home countries and the United States.

"El cuerpo humano está formado por diversos sistemas muy complejos: el circulatorio, el respiratorio, el linfático, el digestivo, el nervioso ... Y todos tienen que trabajar en perfecta sincronía para mantenernos con vida y funcionando como lo hacemos. Este libro nos lleva en una fascinante travesía a través de nuestra propia esencia, para que podamos no sólo comprender, sino gozar un viaje asombroso a través de la máquina más importante y sorprendente: el cuerpo humano."--Publisher.