Cruzar el océano: La inmigración a California

Even before Christmas celebrations began, evergreen trees were used as part of winter festivals and celebrations. Today, many people still bring a real fir tree into their home at Christmastime, or an artificial tree that may come in any color including green, silver, or pink. Written with age-appropriate language and content, this book explains the symbolism behind our use of Christmas trees today and the many famous trees readers may know, including the huge tree at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

Learn about the rich history of Mission San José: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.

The United States grew rapidly from the time of the Louisiana Purchase to the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. All of this expansion came at the expense of Native American populations that had either lived in the region for centuries or been forced there from ancestral homes in the East. Tribes memorably fought on their own and together in an doomed effort to retain the land and a lifestyle that had long sustained their families. This book outlines some of the major conflicts of the Westward Expansion, and of the treaties and were signed, and often broken, by representatives of the...

Tres personajes con vidas e historias distintas forman parte de la tripulación de un barco que esconde un secreto. Poco a poco, los protagonistas descubrirán que no son otra cosa que cebo para los tiburones cuando el barco haya acabado su misión. Un médi