La NHL (NHL)

Learn all about the Women's National Basketball Association. Discover fascinating facts, from record-breaking stars to winning teams and important positions.

A bilingual dictionary offers translations of more than twenty thousand words, examples of different uses in context, cultural information, warnings of false cognates, and explanations of the rules of Spanish grammar and common difficulties.

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.

Texas has had some extraordinary people. This book covers some of them, such as Melinda Gates, astronaut Shannon Walker, and Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot. Age-appropriate text teaches readers about Texas's most important movers and shakers, while historical and contemporary images reinforce the book's key concepts.

Ayudar a un niño a que asimile acontecimientos dolorosos o felices, inesperados o inevitables, a que acepte sus limitaciones y cualidades, a que adquiera hábitos y actitudes, es una tarea que puede resultar ardua y, en ocasiones, muy difícil de llevar a cabo. Este libro, que su autor define como una extensa guía de lectura, se ofrece como herramienta para encontrar un espacio en el que el entendimiento entre un adulto y un niño sea posible. Es un libro que favorece el disfrute compartido del gran festín que es la vida a través de los exquisitos sabores de la literatura.