La Revolución estadounidense (The American Revolution)

Charlie dreams of becoming president and living in the White House. So, to quickly make that dream real, he decides to build his own White House tree house. With the help of his friends, Charlie discovers all there is to know about becoming president and living in the White House during this adventure.

La vida es una historia que siempre acaba mal, precisamente porque siempre acaba. A su través, nos tropezamos con aventuras, amorosas o no, con desastres y con recuperaciones aparentes. Todo es móvil en ella, cambiante... A ese desenfreno vital se refieren estas historias, esperanzadas hasta en su desesperanza, en las que el amor no es un destino, sino un intransferible cometido.

Every page in this Spanish-translated nonfiction title features bright, vivid images in conjunction with descriptive vocabulary and nonfiction informational text to introduce beginning readers to various types of land. Examples include canyons, deserts, grasslands, mountains, forests, and beaches.

Correlated to the science curriculum, our Spanish-language series describes how the types of homes that different animals build reflect adaptations to their environments. Through simple, easy-to-follow text, each volume looks at each type of home as a shelter from predators and weather and a place to store food and raise young. Young readers also learn how animal homes and human homes fulfill similar needs and functions.

The varied projects in this volume present readers with more than a dozen lenses through which to learn about the progress and impact of the Industrial Revolution, and the tide of industrialization it unleashed, in the United States. Broad questions prompt readers to engage with major themes in civics, geography, economics, and history. A wealth of background information helps readers understand how these themes play out in the context of the profound shifts in the American economy and society that took place in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.