For hundreds of years, fishermen have decorated their boats. Some fishermen like broad, colorful stripes or beautiful flowers on their boats. Others like pictures of saints or mermaids. Still others...
Pictures to walk on
Every day, thousands of busy people hurry back and forth over city sidewalks. They hardly ever look down at the gray concrete beneath their feet---except to avoid tripping over a crack or a bump. ...
Eye-catching walls
There is a beautiful village about 30 miles from the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It stands in the middle of wild country called the bush. In the village, the people of the Ndebele tribe live in...
The Way We See It
Thousands of years ago, a person dressed in animal skins painted pictures on the wall of a cave in France. The paints were made of powdered red rock and black charcoal. These were mixed with fat to...
Good luck, bad luck
Some of us have only a tiny bit of it. Some of us have a lot of it. But almost all of us have some of it. What is it? It's superstition. At least that is what some of us call it. Long ago, people...
Wise words
In every country in the world there are old sayings that give good advice. These sayings are called proverbs. Most proverbs are so old that no one knows when they were first said. Some proverbs...
Riddle me this
The more you feed it, the more it will grow high. But if you give it water, then it will quickly die. What could it be? Some kind of animal that lives without water? A desert plant? The answer...
Dance away all
\''Swing your partner, round you go! Don't step on her pretty little toe!" Back and forth, in and out, round and round go the dancers as the caller tells them what to do. It's Saturday night, and...
Let’s all sing
Do you know "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"? Or "The Frog Went A'Courting"? Or "Yankee Doodle"? These are folk songs. Foik songs are songs that are made up by common people. Many folk songs tell about...
Animal tales
"You're a slowpoke!" said the Hare to the Tortoise. "If we were to have a race, I'd beat you by miles!" "Let'shave a race and see," suggested the Tortoise. Off they went. The Hare was soon far...