Mathemagic

Magic squares

Have you ever seen a magic square? At one time, people gave all kinds of meanings to magic squares. But of course there is nothing really magic about them. They are just a special arrangement of…

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How Things Work

A force that pushes and pulls

Magnets can do strange things—that’s what makes them such fun to play with. They can stick to each other. They can make nails or pins hang on to each other, like people holding hands. They can even…

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Once Upon a Time

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

by Beatrix Potter illustrations by Beatrix Potter Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were— They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a…

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