Agatha Christie

Platero y yo es la historia de un hombre y su burro. Los dos iban juntos a todas partes, o a casi todas, y, mientras tanto, charlaban de las cosas sencillas y profundas de la vida, de las cosas del corazón. Era el hombre el que hablaba, claro, pero el burro lo escuchaba con cariño, atentamente. Los dos vivían en un pueblo de Andalucía, caminito de Huelva, que se llama Moguer. En aquel lugar, la mayor parte de las casas son bajas y blancas y tienen geranios y claveles en todas las ventanas. Es un lugar alegre, y el aire huele a pinos y a mar, a limoneros y naranjos en flor. El hombre se...

It’s fiesta time! Cinco de Mayo is a fiesta day in Mexico and the United States. It’s celebrated on the fifth of May. This colorful holiday honors Mexico’s victory over the French army at the Battle of Pueblo in 1862. People march in parades, dance, and set off fireworks. Families enjoy traditional Mexican food and drink. Then they watch people act out the famous battle. Find out more about this joyful celebration of Mexican culture.

Presented in a large-size picture book format, this is the story of the Mars Rover Curiosity. It explains how it was built at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, how it got its name, how it got to Mars, and what its mission hoped to accomplish. A timeline about the history of Mars exploration is provided at the end.

When President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from cash-strapped France in 1803, he doubled the size of the United States without really knowing what he was getting. He dispatched Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their Corps of Discovery to explore a territory that would include part or all of fifteen future states and to seek a water route to the West Coast. Westward expansion began immediately, all for the bargain price of 15 million dollars. This book richly explores this fascinating part of history.