Davy Crockett SP

The Mi Mini Biografia series are Spanish language biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Eleanor Roosevelt in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter.

The Mi Mini Biografia series are Spanish language biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Walt Disney in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter.

No town or city could be built if the builders didn't understand the concepts of perimeter and area. Students will use perimeter and area to build towns and cities and design homes and parks in the book, Pueblos y ciudades (Towns and Cities). At home or in the classroom, this nonfiction book will engage students in learning measurement and geometry, and how to grid patterns, through fun practice problems and diagrams.

El aclamado director Bill Condon ha llevado al cine la última entrega de la romántica y fascinante saga vampírica de Stephenie Meyer con una plasticidad sorprendente y unos efectos especiales sobrenaturales. Mark Cotta Vaz, también best-seller del New York Times, lleva a los fans en un recorrido exclusivo por el proceso de preparación del guión, sus exóticos exteriores, increíbles sets de rodaje y más... Llena de fotografías a todo color y entrevistas con todo el equipo desde el propio director al diseñador del vestuario, esta lujosa guía ofrece una mirada exclusiva al proceso de...

El siglo XVII constituye un periodo clave en la historia de España, de Europa y del mundo. El monarca Felipe IV se inclina con mayor facilidad a los juegos y entretenimientos de toda ralea, mientras que el reino desfallece en malogradas batallas contra los ingleses y los franceses en lidia para arrebatar las riquezas del Nuevo Mundo. La historia de España se nos desvela bajo un prisma original, que gira alrededor de los personajes retratados por el gran pintor don DiegoVelázquez. En medio de la vida disoluta del Alcázar, la infantita Margarita recorre salas y corredores protegida con el...

Manifest Destiny the name given in the 1840s to a belief that the coast-to-coast expansion of the United States was both inevitable and justified, regardless of the means. Standing in the way were not only the native populations, but also the descendants of Spanish settlers who had lived in the Southwest for centuries. The racist belief that white men rightfully should expand their institutions into the area brought the United States into conflict with Mexico. War was declared in 1846, and by the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, ending the war, the US had gained...