Time to Read

Sing a Song of Subways

by Eve Merriam Sing a song of subways, Never see the sun; Four-and-twenty people In room for one. When the doors are opened— Everybody run. Rudolph Is Tired of the City by Gwendolyn Brooks …

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People and the sea

Exploring the depths

A slender, baldheaded man with a bushy moustache sat inside a hollow, metal ball. He peered excitedly through a round window. The man was Professor William Beebe. Next to him was Otis Barton, the man…

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How Things Work

Pictures that fool your eyes

Do you know that a \”movie” doesn’t really move? Your eyes make it look as if it’s moving! A movie is made with a camera that takes pictures very fast—twenty-four pictures in a second. Each…

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