El Ano Nuevo Chino / (Chinese New Year)

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.

The world is filled with curious objects made by plants, animals, and even by the Earth itself. Dive into this collection of more than 100 intriguing items from the natural world and discover the stories behind them. Learn how huge whales eat tiny animals from looking at their bristly teeth, why butterflies shine and glitter in the sunlight from seeing their minute wing scales, how plants transport water and food around from examining a delicate leaf skeleton, and what makes every snowflake unique from admiring their miniature, branching crystals of ice. Birds' eggs, a lump of coal, a glass...

The ruthless explorer Cortés devastated an entire people in his search for fame and gold for himself and for his country. Witness the conquering of the Aztec Empire during the Age of Discovery.

Hay aventuras que, por el sólo asunto que tratan, abarcan toda una vida e influencian a mucha generaciones o a una gran cantidad de personas de una misma época. Durante muchos años se había estado intentando, por parte de los europeos, llegar hasta el Asia y, principalmente, a China. Nadie había podido hacerlo, nadie había partido en este intento y regresado sano y salvo... Hasta que el personaje de este libro lo intentó. Este viajero universal nos relata el ambiente de la Venecia del siglo XIII, los preparativos del extraordinario periplo que emprendió hacia China, las aventuras que...