by Janet B. Pascal (Author), Who Hq (Author), Tim Foley (Illustrator)
Un hombre, un plan, un canal, Panamá!
Antes de 1914, viajar desde la costa este hasta la costa oeste significaba cruzar por tierra todo Estados Unidos. Hacerlo por mar implicaba un largo viaje hacia el sur, rodeando Sudamérica y luego subiendo por la costa del Pacífico. Pero entonces, en una hazaña de ingeniería peligrosa y asombrosa, se excavó un canal de 48 millas de largo a través de Panamá, creando el atajo más famoso del mundo: el canal de Panamá!
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama. Not only is this palindrome clever, it also gives a brief description of the Panama Canal. Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey down and around South America and back north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a forty-eight-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world's most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!
Author Biography
Janet Pascal es editora ejecutiva de producción en Viking Children's Books y autora de Who Was Dr. Seuss?, Who Was Maurice Sendak? y Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
Janet Pascal is an executive production editor at Viking Children's Books and the author of Who Was Dr. Seuss?, Who Was Maurice Sendak?, and Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
Yanitzia Canetti es una escritora, traductora y profesora cubano americana. Ha publicado más de 500 libros, en especial literatura para niños. Sus obras se han traducido al inglés, italiano, portugués, croata, búlgaro, rumano, chino, entre otras lenguas. A su vez, ha traducido más de 200 libros al español de otros autores, como las series de Dr. Seuss, Curious George, Amelia Bedelia, entre otros. Ha recibido numerosos premios y distinciones en el campo de la literatura y la educación--en 2011 fue elegida entre las 25 mujeres más influyentes del mundo hispano, por la revista People en español. Vive en Boston, Massachusetts, con sus hijos Ares y Eros. Más en www.yanitziacanetti.net.
Yanitzia Canetti is a Cuban-American writer, translator, and teacher. She has published more than 500 books, especially children's literature. Her works have been translated into English, Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Chinese, among other languages. In turn, she has translated more than 200 books into Spanish from other authors, such as the Dr. Seuss series, Curious George, Amelia Bedelia, among others. She has received numerous awards and recognitions in the fields of literature and education-- in 2011, she was chosen as one of the 25 most influential women in the Hispanic world by People en español magazine. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her children Ares and Eros. More at www.yanitziacanetti.net.
Tim Foley es un ilustrador y caricaturista independiente de Grand Rapids, Michigan. Su cómic web
Mose Goes Walkies se publica diariamente en Instagram, y su novela gráfica más reciente es la adaptación de
What Unites Us, escrita con Dan Rather. Sus ilustraciones han aparecido en numerosas publicaciones y libros durante más de treinta años e incluyen clientes como Macmillan, Penguin Young Readers,
The Chronicle of Higher Education, la American Bar Association,
The Wall Street Journal y
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.
Tim Foley is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist from Grand Rapids, Michigan. His web comic
Mose Goes Walkies appears every day on Instagram, and his most recent graphic novel is the adaption of
What Unites Us with Dan Rather. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications and books for over thirty years, and have included clients like Macmillan, Penguin Young Readers, the
Chronicle of Higher Education, the American Bar Association, the
Wall Street Journal, and
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.
Number of Pages: 112
Dimensions: 0.31 x 7.51 x 5.31 IN
Publication Date: December 16, 2025
