Scaly dragons and knights in armor. . .magic swords and magic spells. . .great battles and deeds of courage! Nearly every part of the world has stories filled with such things---tales of mighty...
Our Stories, Songs, and Sayings
Everywhere in the world, grown-ups have always told stories to children. Stories about dragons, giants, and fairies. Stories about warriors and great battles. Stories about animals that talk and act...
How do you get to school?
Many children walk to school. Others ride their bikes. Some go to school in a car or a bus. But how do children get to school when they live in the middle of a lake? In Colombia, South America, many...
Special problems—special classes
Akibo kneels on the sloping roof. Putting down his bundle of thatch, he makes sure it is in exactly the right place. Then he ties it down so that it will not slip off. The hot sun burns the back of...
Where do you go to school?
Thanon felt as if there were a thousand butterflies in his stomach. This would be his first day of school. He was now 8 years old, and in Thailand, where Thanon lives, this is when children start...
First lessons
Ketwago and his family live in the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. They belong to a group of people known as Bushmen. Most Bushmen do not raise animals or plants for food. Instead, the men and...
How Do You Know?
Ketwago was learning to hunt. Pulling his bowstring tighter, he moved slowly forward. "Stoop as low as you can," said his father from behind him. "When we stoop over, the antelopes think we are...
Pen pals
What do children in other lands look like? What do they like to eat? What games do they like to play? Where do they go to school? What kinds of clothes do they wear? You can find the answers to these...
A window on the world
Long ago, people didn't get much news. They never even knew what happened a few miles away---unless someone who had been there told them. That was the only way to get news---someone had to tell you....
Drum talk
> "Listen!" > > The two men stopped, every sense alert to the world around them. The > air was filled with sound---birds screeching, monkeys chattering. But > that was as it should be. The jungle is...