Have you filled a bucket today?

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

1940, Francia. Louis vive con sus padres en una pequeña villa minera. La guerra es el tema central entre los clientes del Café de los Amigos, donde Louis trabaja ayudando a la señora Jean, pero que no interfiere en su vida, hasta que los nazis y la policía comienzan a arrestar judíos...

La construcciOn de las pirAmides de Egipto es uno de los sucesos mAs importantes y mAs estudiados de la historia. AsI que nos metemos en la piel del FaraOn Keops y descubrimos sus sueNos de grandeza. En una civilizaciOn en sus albores, con pocos recursos tEcnicos y muchos recursos econOmicos y humanos.

Children will be inspired to tell their own stories with this wordless book, filled with engaging, colorful images that show children with all types of different expressions on their faces.