Mi historia, adaptada para jóvenes lectores

We often don´t stop to think about the origin of certain foods, but many of the foods we consume today only reached us as a result of great discoveries and the subsequent international commerce between east and west. This book brings us closer to the complex relations between different cultures and shows us the importance of ocean voyages in the development of international commerce.

El antiguo Egipto fue una impresionante civilización que se desarrolló junto al río Nilo. Gracias al trabajo conjunto de sus arquitectos, obreros, sabios y escribas, fueron capaces de abordar proyectos increíbles que aún hoy perduran: pirámides, esfinges, obeliscos, ciudades, magníficos faros, e incluso una escritura propia, ininteligible hasta hace apenas dos siglos. Nuestra familia protagonista también tomará parte en esta gran obra colectiva.

What is matter and where can it be found? Everything in the world is made of matter, whether it is a solid, a liquid, or a gas. Important ideas about matter such as volume, mass, and how matter changes state are conveyed through a series of easy-to-do experiments.

California became a territory in the United States when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. That treaty ended the Mexican War. Several days before its signing, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in what is now Sacramento. The non-Native population of the territory was less than one thousand in 1848, but the gold rush increased that number to one hundred thousand by the end of 1849. The gold rush not only made many people wealthy, it brought ecologic devastation while speeding up California’s statehood. This book richly explores this interesting history.