Jacques Cousteau

It was September 14, 1814, and America and Great Britain were at war. Frances Scott Key watched from the deck of a British ship, where he was being held captive, as cannons exploded around them. After 25 hours, the fighting ceased and Key peered through the clearing smoke, looking for some sign as to the outcome of the battle. Was the American flag still flying? His wartime experience inspired Key to write a poem, which was later set to music and became America’s national anthem. This book tells the story of the inspiration behind our national anthem, which helped transform the flag into a...

La elegancia y el lujo discretos, los tejidos innovadores y la sublime originalidad en el diseño son las señas de identidad de la casa Prada. En esta monografía bellamente ilustrada, Laia Farran Graves documenta la historia y el legado de la marca, desde los orígenes de la empresa como fabricante de marroquinería en Milán hasta el imperio mundial de la moda creado y dirigido por Miuccia Prada. Un análisis de las evoluciones e innovaciones de la marca, así como un espíritu de una identidad basada en el interés por el minimalismo y el arte contemporáneo. Con imágenes de prendas...

Each title in an educational series features one letter per page with ample writing space for practice, teaching youngsters how to write each letter of the alphabet in upper case, lower case, and in cursive.

Book Features: • Ages 5-8, Grades K-2 • 24 pages, 8 inches x 8 inches • Simple, easy-to-read pages in Spanish with full-color pictures • Includes a glossary, index, and an engineering design activity • Supports NGSS Digging Up Facts: In Mi Biblioteca de Ingeniería: Diseño y Construcción en la Tierra, kindergarten—second graders learn about what engineers have to think about in order to build houses and other important structures in the dirt. Engineering Made Fun: Dirt is under everything that people build from the ground up. Young readers learn how engineers dig, move, and...