Alexander Hamilton

Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets the famous Russian composer on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

Pintor, escritor... Quintanilla representa al artista polifacético de principios del siglo XX cuya apasionante y tormentosa vida se ve dividida entre Europa y Norteamérica. Es aquí donde produce la mayoría de su obra literaria. Sus vastos conocimientos en pintura le orientan a realizar este estudio comparativo inacabado sobre los más representativos pintores, desde el siglo XIV hasta el XIX, enriqueci´ndolo con interesantísimas interpretaciones personales. Ambos volúmenes se presentan en caja.

Imagine traveling at half the speed of a jet plane without ever leaving the ground! Students will discover the technology that makes such speeds possible, from special tracks and safety precautions to aerodynamically designed trains. What are the limits to the speed of trains? What imposes those limits? Students also will read about the future of passenger train travel, from flying trains to trains that use huge magnets to levitate inches or centimeters off the track. Some trains safely reach speeds of more than 200 mph!

One dog in a teacup, two caterpillars on a leaf, three horses having a conversation... Fun photographs and simple text help introduce young readers to counting numbers from zero to ten. A fish-counting activity encourages young readers to practice their counting skills.