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The BremenTown Musicians

adapted from Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm were born in Germany just about two hundred years ago. Their collection of fairy tales, or “Household Tales” as…

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Fingers, pebbles, and wiggly marks

A gift from Arabia

The numerals now used by Arabic-speaking people are not much like the ones we call Arabic numerals. Only the 1 and the 9 are like ours, as you can see in this multiplication table from a book written…

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Hook, Weave, Knot, and Braid

Helpful hints

The following information will help you make the projects in this section. If a special skill is needed, the directions will tell you the page on which that skill is explained. For example: “Hook the…

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