The Green Kingdom

Indian potatoes

When the Pilgrims came to America they didn’t have much food. But friendly Indians showed them how to grow corn, beans, and squash. And the Indians showed the Pilgrims where to find wild plants to…

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Mathemagic

The biggest number

What’s the very biggest number there is? Is it a million? That’s one followed by six zeros—1,000,000. No, one million isn’t the biggest number. There can be many millions. For example, the earth…

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April

The “opening” month

April is the fourth month of the year. It has thirty days. In ancient Roman times, when the year began in March, April was the second month of the year. The Romans called this month Aprilis. The…

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