Los días inútiles

Ante la hecatombe que se cernía sobre el mundo, Colibrí, Paloma y Luciérnaga salieron a buscar nada menos que la paz. Cruzaron toda América latina hasta llegar a la Antártida. Se toparon con tucanes del sur de México, quetzales de Guatemala, cóndores de los Andes y pingüinos emperadores en la parte más austral del continente. El colibrí deseaba ser el pacificador porque no estaba contento con el destino que Huitzilopochtli le había conferido: ser un ave guerrera. Pero tendría que dejar su canto a cambio.

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.

A family wants to share a pizza, but who gets how much? And how do they know? The answer is mathematical equations! Mathematical equations can be applied to food measurement, the human body, and even outer space! Students will answer different questions on mathematical equations in the book Comenzó con una pizza (It Started With Pizza). Used in the classroom or at home, this Spanish text includes a glossary, an index, engaging images, and easy-to-read text to help students build their math and reading skills while they are engaged in reading high-interest content.

La busca es la primera novela de la trilogía "la lucha por la vida". En ella, Pío Baroja narra la llegada a Madrid de Manuel Alcázar desde el medio rural, sus diversos trabajos y sus tímidas incursiones en el camino de la delincuencia, mezclado con gente de vida oscura, pícaros y hampones, en pugna con sus aspiraciones a una vida decorosa. La presente edición viene precedida de un esclarecedor prólogo a cargo de Ricardo Senabre.

This title will familiarize readers with Labor Day by explaining the "whos, whats, and whys" of it. Complete with a More Facts section and bolded glossary terms. Young readers will gather basic information about Labor Day through easy-to-read text alongside compelling and historical photographs. Translated by native Spanish speakers. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.