Nine Days to Christmas

Presents the things that everyone needs, as well as things some people want, and invites the reader to consider his or her own wants and needs.

Dani y Evan quieren ganar la Walanga. Deberán ser los mejores en las pruebas de escalada, resistencia y valentía. ¡La competición está muy reñida! Pero hay alguien que tiene otros planes: expulsarles del Santuario. ¿Podrán Dani y Evan escapar de sus trampas? ¿Ganarán la Walanga? No esperes ni un minuto más para descubrirlo... ¡empieza la aventura!

This book introduces the reader to the nighttime world of the raccoon, including its habitat, activities, diet, and the unique things that it does.

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.