La Biblia Para los Bebes

Hubo un tiempo en que muy poco se sabía de nuestro mundo. Se pensaba que en los mares había monstruos inmensos capaces de tragar un barco entero. Se pensaba también que la Tierra era plana y que al final de los mares había un precipicio donde los navegantes caían sin retorno. Pero, a pesar de estas ideas que hoy nos parecen alocadas, hubo alguien llamado Cristóbal Colón que se animó a unir el continente europeo y el americano en un viaje que sería inolvidable. En ese viaje no se encontró con monstruos enormes ni con serpientes gigantes. Al final de ese viaje se encontró, nada más...

- Tintin is a world famous series with 75 years of staying power! The series' enduring popularity is evident from its elaborate website (www.tintin.com) that offers Tintin news and information in five different languages. The news section of the site indicates that in addition the ongoing publication of new books about the series and about the author's life, Tintin art exhibitions and theatrical adaptations continue worldwide. The site also includes a list of retailers who carry Tintin products, and its own online store which offers a generous helping of books, apparel, accessories, toys,...

Surveys the life of Swiss/German immigrant John Sutter, on whose land gold was discovered in the mid-nineteenth century, spurring the California gold rush and westward expansion.

"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one...