Lewis y Clark y la compra de la Luisiana (Lewis and Clark and Exploring the Louisiana Purchase)

An imaginative craft book with quick and easy finger painting ideas comes complete with four nontoxic two-ounce paint pots, a child-size art smock, and 9" x 12" paper.

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.

The Industrial Revolution was one of the most dramatic eras of all time, filled with fascinating people, strange events, and incredible stories. This period of great change comes into sharp focus through each spread with detailed, accessible language. Each fact is complemented with vivid, carefully-chosen historical images and illustrations, and a caption that adds just a touch more history. Readers are drawn deep into the facts not covered in history textbooks, like working conditions, inventions, failures, and characters, to make this important history lesson fun and engaging.

Darwin dedicO su vida a los animales y se embarcO en un viaje que le llevarIa a descubrir increIbles cosas sobre ellos. La Tierra estA llena de seres vivos, pero nadie sabIa explicar con certeza tanta diversidad. Hasta que un hombre se embarco en un largo y fascinante viaje e imaginO una respuesta. Esta es la gran aventura que llevO a Charles Darwin a recorrer el mundo, estudiar a los animales y descubrir cientos de especies y cosas muy interesantes sobre ellas. Zarpa con nosotros en este viaje alrededor del mundo y disfruta de una aventura llena de animales, naturaleza y grandes...