If you find a blue-gray stone on the beach, it could be more than just a pretty pebble. It could be a diamond. But you'd have a better chance of finding a diamond in Africa, because that's where...
HOW THE LONGEST RIVERS GOT THEIR NAMES
The longest river in the world has more than one part and more than one name---the Nile, the Bine Nile, and the White Nile. One part of the river, called the Blue Nile, starts at Lake Tana in...
The colors of the sea
A glass of water has no color. But the water of the sea looks blue in some places and green in others. And in some places it looks brownish, or reddish, or even yellow. Where does the sea get its...
Biggest of all!
What is the biggest animal that has ever lived? It's not one of the giant dinosaurs of long ago. It's an animal that is living right now. It is the blue whale. A blue whale is so long and wide that...
This bird
This is a looking page. What do you see when you look at this blue jay? Its wings are stretched out. The feathers overlap. Because they overlap, the feathers catch and hold the air. They help the...
Why is the sky blue?
I don't suppose you happen to know Why the sky is blue? It's because the snow Takes out the white. That leaves it clean For the trees and grass to take out the green. Then pears and bananas start to...
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...
How Many Colors?
> by Christina Rossetti What is pink? a rose is pink By the fountain's brink. What is red? a poppy's red In its barley bed. What is blue? the sky is blue Where the clouds float thro'. What is...
Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the con But where is the boy who looks after the sheep? He's under a haycock, fast asleep. Will you wake him? No, not...