We're all the people in the world. We live in cities or villages, in deserts, on mountains, and on islands in the seas. Wherever we are, we make homes to live in and find work to do. We come in...
Cossack asparagus
Cattails grow in marshes, on riverbanks, and near water-filled ditches. Their flowers become fuzzy, brown rods that look and feel like the tip of a cat's tail. Cattail roots are good to eat. The...
Hiding with color
Hop! A green grasshopper shoots up out of the grass. It sails through the air and lands in the grass again. You can't see it before it jumps. And you can't see it after it comes down. Its green color...
A Bear Called Paddington
from A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond with drawings by Peggy Fortnum Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met Paddington on a railway platform. In fact, that was how he came to have such an unusual name...
Encyclopedia Brown
Encyclopedia Brown from Encyclopedia Broum, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol Leroy Brown's head is full of facts, which is why he is called Encyclopedia. Because he often helps his father, the...
Furry Bear
by A. A. Milne If I were a bear, And a big bear too, I shouldn't much care If it froze or snew; I shouldn't much mind If it snowed or friz--- I'd be all fur-lined With a coat like his! For...
