About Animals

The life of a grass frog

In early spring, the mother grass frog lays a thousand or more eggs in a lake or pond. Five days later, tiny wiggly tadpoles come out of the eggs. > After two months, the tadpoles grow little…

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Places to Know

THE RED BRICK WALL

Long ago, some African people, called the Moors, built a fortress in Granada, Spain. They also built a palace behind the red brick walls of the fortress. They called the fortress and palace…

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Fingers, pebbles, and wiggly marks

The invention of nothing

One of the most important things ever invented was—nothing! But how can nothing be important? And how can nothing be invented? To understand, we have to go back to the abacus. To show the number…

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