El Gorrion Muy Preocupado

The compelling history of Texas government, with all its layers and intricate workings, is zestfully presented in this book. Readers will be delighted by the big ideas and big political personalities of the lone star state.

The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging, Spanish book. Readers learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They learn and discover the factors that influence motion for all types of vehicles: land, air, and water alike. They also learn different ways to measure speed and read about energy uses for different vehicles. With greater speed comes greater risk. Readers learn how engineers are always seeking new and better ways to keep people safe as they travel faster and go farther.

During the American Civil War, the United States was on the brink of falling apart irrevocably. As states seceded and brother turned against brother, hope for reconciliation was dim. This conflict, an essential topic of the social studies curriculum, is skillfully presented from its origins in the Southern slave-trade economy to bloody battles and, later, Reconstruction. Striking photographs and artwork of integral events and people will resonate with readers, while interesting sidebar information gives them more to reflect on about this terrible war and the lessons it taught us.

La cultura japonesa está llena de historias y leyendas. Mitos así como cuentos populares de héroes, monstruos y fantasmas, animan sus narraciones. La presente antología selecciona los relatos más conocidos del Kojiki (El libro antiguo de las cosas escritas) y del Nihonshoki (Anales de Japón), y los adapta a los niños, niñas y adolescentes. También se incluyen figuras folclóricas como el glotón kappa-maki (literalmente, «sushi con pepinos»), así como las leyendas populares de los tres taro, los héroes-niños cuyas historias son muy queridas en el país del Sol Naciente. Un...