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 To Young Readers What Flippers Look Like, That Some Animals Use Flippers To Swim Or Crawl, And Tells Of Different Animals That Have Flippers.

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

Ants are so important to our ecology that some scientist fell that if ants ever disappear so might humans! SOY UNA SEMILLA es un libro de la serie Hola, lector! que muestra la diferencia entre dos semillas, asi como su evolucion hasta llegar a convertirse en plantas. Los ninos disfrutaran del texto dinamico con el que esta escrito este libro.

Una tarde de domingo, tres canónigos (el abad, don Fidel; don Ignacio, director del coro, y don Benito) y dos sacerdotes jóvenes (Manolo, el conductor del coche, y Ángel) se dirigen a merendar a la casa de un sacerdote de pueblo, un amigo suyo llamado Mero. De forma inesperada encuentran en la carretera a un personaje que, en apariencia, se halla malherido. Se trata de un atípico peregrino que confiesa su pretensión de recorrer el Camino de Santiago. Su inquietante personalidad convertirá el gesto de caridad de los sacerdotes al recogerlo en una fuente de conflictos. Su presencia altera ...