Oceans, Lakes, and Rivers

The deep blue sea

The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth’s wide regions round. From Barry Cornwall Sailors talk about “the seven…

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Books

Holidays and Birthdays

This book offers explanations of over 100 special days in 40 countries—national holidays, religious holy days, birthdays of famous people, and other birthdays and anniversaries; stories behind the names of days and months; and stories, poems, and projects for holidays.

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Decorated skin—ouch!

It hurts to cut the skin or stick a pin in it. But some people don’t care how much it hurts, if they think it makes them look beautiful! In Mozambique, on the eastern coast of Africa, there are…

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