El Universo De La Plastilina

Postmodernism represents incredible challenges, but the beauty is that we can find in the Bible many characters who had to confront similar tests to the ones we face today.

Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets the famous Russian composer on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

Texas cuisine is influenced by various cultures, including German, British, African American, Cajun/Creole, Mexican, Native American and Asian. Most people associate Texas cuisine with Tex-Mex cooking, but readers will learn that, for instance, the Texas barbecue is equally famous as well as unique in all of the United States.

Like the other Sasek classics, these are facsimile editions of his original books. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than forty years later and, where applicable, facts have been updated for the twenty-first century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the back of each book. The stylish, charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek’s witty, playful narrative, make these books a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their parents, many of whom will remember them from their own childhood. In This is...