Sam Houston

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 expresión corporal en la Educación Primaria puede considerarse uno de los elementos más importantes para el desarrollo del niño ya que la educación a través del cuerpo y del movimiento implica una serie de capacidades que van más allá de la ejecución simple de ejercicios físicos para englobar capacidades físicas, cognitiva, motrices y emocionales.

This title in the Que esta Despierto? (What's Awake?) series explores the behavior of this backyard nocturnal animal. Photographs enhance the text which explains why the animal is out at night and what it does in the day. (Text in Spanish.).

El autor de “El cementerio marino” se reconoce en la figura de Leonardo, más un Leonardo “posible” que un Leonardo “histórico”, no por ello menos real y riguroso, y sus análisis son precisa manifestación tanto del arte del pintor cuanto de la estética del propio Valéry