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The Underground Railroad was the massive effort by slaves and free people to secretly bring thousands of blacks to freedom in the North during the 19th century. This thought-provoking book will capture readers’ imaginations and fill them with awe for the brave “conductors” and “passengers” on the Railroad. They’ll learn about the many safe havens, called “depots,” that housed fugitives and the secret passages within them that hid slaves from their pursuers. Information about the American Civil War and the Fugitive Slave Act, biographies of figures vital to the Underground Railroad,...

Los escritos de Conchita Bermejo Jiménez han sido publicados como homenaje a la autora. Varios de ellos, muy pocos, habían sido publicados; algunos habían recibido - hace más de cuarenta años- premios muy importantes en su momento, pero nadie podía imaginar que Conchita tuviese guardadas en sus carpetas tantas páginas repletas de belleza, sensibilidad e inteligencia.

Discusses the various features of Australia, including its climate, mountains, rivers, lakes, animals, vegetation, coral reefs, flightless birds, population, and cities, and history of the Aborigines.

This book describes the process of plant growth through vocabulary rich text and descriptive photographs. Readers will explore a plant as it grows from a seed to a tall plant in the sun.