Henry Ford Y El Automóvil Modelo T

Una novela histórica para entender las causas y las consecuencias de la Revolución francesa. María Antonieta, princesa de Austria, llega al palacio de Versalles con tan solo catorce años para casarse con el futuro rey de Francia. Esta unión servirá para que Francia y Austria neutralicen el ascenso de la vecina Prusia y la expansión de Inglaterra. Mientras tanto, Batián y Lucile, de clase social baja, luchan cada día para sobrevivir con escasos recursos en el París del siglo XVIII de grandes desigualdades sociales. La Revolución francesa se está fraguando y el Antiguo Régimen...

En 1949, cuatro mujeres chinas emigradas a San Francisco se reúnen regularmente para comer dim sum, jugar al mah-jong y hablar. Unidas por sentimientos de pérdida y esperanza, se hacen llamar El Club de la Buena Estrella. Amy Tan explora la conexión entre las protagonistas y sus hijas, ya nacidas en Estados Unidos, un mundo totalmente distinto al suyo.

When her mother was worn out from caring for her five sisters, her father gave her lessons in brushwork and color. When polio kept her bedridden for nine months, drawing saved her from boredom. When a bus accident left her in unimaginable agony, her paintings expressed her pain and depression - and eventually, her joys and her loves. Over and over again, Frida Kahlo turned the challenges of her life into art. Now Jonah Winter and Ana Juan have drawn on both the art and the life to create a playful, insightful tribute to one of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Viva Frida!

How do you get from place to place every day? Well, believe it or not, people travel in all sorts of ways. From bikes, cars, subways, escalators, and even on animals and tramways, transportation around the world all depends on where you live and where you need to go. Get ready to learn the fascinating ways kids around the globe stay moving! This title will allow students to ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. • Text based questions • Bold keywords with picture glossary • Multicultural • World map