About Animals

Living in a cup

An animal like a tiny flower floats down through the water of the sea. It fastens itself to the sandy bottom. It takes minerals out of the water and builds a tiny stone cup around itself. After a…

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Once Upon a Time

I Speak, I Say, I Talk

by Arnold L. Shapiro Cats purr. Lions roar. Owls hoot. Bears snore. Crickets creak. Mice squeak. Sheep baa. But I Monkeys chatter. Cows moo. Ducks quack. Doves coo. Pigs squeal. Horses neigh….

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Strange and Surprising Plants

The baker’s plant

> yeast plants > > Yeast plants are growing in the dough this baker is mixing. The small > photo shows how growing yeast cells look under a microscope. If it weren’t for a plant called yeast, we…

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