I am young. But the world is old. Each day it changes. It becomes more crowded with people and things. By the time I have grown up, many things will change. Some things will even disappear. New...
My house is like your house
> The house I live in is built of brick and stone. It's the place I call > home. I wondered about the big house on my block. One day my mother and I went there to visit. I saw tables, chairs, beds,...
Families everywhere
I know that my family does some things differently from the ways other families in the world do the same things. But I also know that families---no matter where they live---do some things in the same...
My family
Maybe I live with my natural parents, the mother and father to whom I was born. We love each other. We are a family. But maybe I do not live with my natural parents. Maybe I was adopted. My mother...
Shapes everywhere
Just as you live in a world of numbers, you also live in a world of shapes. Your house or apartment is full of shapes. Every corner forms a shape called an angle. Every door and doorway is a shape...
Numbers everywhere
Think of all the numbers you use every day. At school, you go into a room that probably has a number on the door. Many times during the day, the teacher will tell you the number of a page to turn to...
LAKE IN THE SKY
If you were an Uru, you'd be an Indian. And you'd live on an island---but not just any kind of an island. It would be an island that you, yourself, would make of bundles of reeds. You'd float your...
Ring in the new!
Ring out wild bells to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring happy bells,...
New Words
Some of the words you have met in this book may be new to you. Many of them are words you'll meet again, so they are good words to know. Some are the names of countries that may be hard for you to...
Books to Read
If you enjoy reading about people the world over, look for these and other books in your school and public libraries. Ages 5 to 8 Archaeology by Jean Cooke (Bookwright, 1987) You will learn what...