Leyendas Mapuches Contadas Para Niños

The territory now occupied by Argentina was once home to various peoples who learned to work the land and live in harmony with nature. For years, their culture, traditions, and beauty were hidden from history. This compilation of legends recovers the oral tradition of cultures such as the diaguitas, tehuelches, calchaquíes, tobas, selkn'am, guaraníes, pampas, and comenchingones, all of whom sought to explain the world around them through these stories. El territorio que hoy ocupa la Argentina era el hogar de distintos pueblos que supieron trabajar su tierra y vivir en armonía con la...

A lot of what many people know about the native groups in the northeastern part of North America comes from colonial history. The Wampanoag met the Puritans as they made their home at Plymouth. The Powhatan group of the Algonquin people had a large role in the history of the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia. However, the history of the native groups living in modern New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine, and northern Virginia began long before European settlement! Readers meet several individual groups of native peoples and explore the distinguishing features of northeastern...

It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday and the class tries to bake a cake but winds up inside it, learning about mixtures and reactions that occur when ingredients are put together."

Más del 90% de la biodiversidad del planeta Tierra son microorganismos. Por otra parte, la idea que tiene la gente de los microbios no puede ser más negativa: son unos seres arteros, sigilosos y nocivos que aprovechan cualquier ocasión para ponernos enfermos, y que, incluso, pueden causarnos la muerte. Pero los microbios, también realizan el reciclado de los elementos químicos, producen el oxígeno que respiramos, nos permiten digerir los alimentos y nos defienden de muchas enfermedades. Los microorganismos aportan a la biosfera muchos más beneficios que inconvenientes. Para empezar a...

In 1862, the American Civil War was underway, actively tearing the United States apart. At the start of the war, President Abraham Lincoln's main goal was preserving the Union, but he was now ready to make a stand on slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation was one of the most important documents of its time, but its contents can be confusing. This volume gives readers context for the proclamation, as well as explains what it says and its results, in uncomplicated language appropriate for those reading below level and those looking for a review of this subject.