"This Spanish and English dual-language book takes you on a trip around the world, looking at the many different ways that people celebrate special days, holidays, religious festivals, and traditional celebrations"--Provided by publisher.
"This book takes a simple look at totem poles, examining what they are, their meaning and their on-going significance to different aboriginal peoples in Canada."--Amazon.com.
"Even the cleanest house is a habitat for micromonsters. But don't worry, most are harmless. This...volume takes readers on a meet-and-greet tour of the tiniest organisms that live in people's homes"--Amazon.com.
In the mid 1800's the Oregon Trail was the only way for thousands of people from the eastern United States to reach lands west of the Rocky Mountains. This book tells the story of the legendary trail, of the mountain men whoi blazed the way, and the missionaries who followed. It describes the journey made by many thousands of hopeful emigrants who headed west to make new lives and homes for themselves. It also looke at the impact of the Oregon Trail on the Native peoples of the west.
This book tells the story of the Transcontinental Railroad, from the partnership between government and rich investors to the impact of the railroad on the nation's settlement.
Tells the story of the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention, held in 1848 as the first organized effort to demand equality for women, including the right to vote, and discusses how the campaign was carried on by succeeding generations until 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified.
