Ding! Dong! Come to church! It's Sunday morning in the town of Landeck, Austria. The big bell in the steeple of Rudi's church is ringing to remind people to come and worship God. The inside of...
Deborah’s religion
The afternoon sun is a big, red ball hanging low in the sky. Many of the people in the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, in Israel, are hurrying home. It is Friday, and soon the sun will set. From then until...
Quick hands, quick eyes
Ten quick fingers can crisscross a string into a cat's cradle in seconds. It's almost like magic. Most people play cat's cradle for fun. But some people believe that a cat's cradle has magic powers!...
One house on top of another
> The Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest are famous for their > apartment-house villages. This pueblo in Taos, New Mexico, has been > lived in for nearly 300 years. Houses piled on top of one...
What’s cooking?
In China, Wang Kow watches his mother make dinner. She pours some peanut oil into a big, round, metal bowl called a wok. The wok sits on top of a small charcoal stove. As the oil gets hot, it begins...
The first man-made food
It is the oldest of all foods made by man. It comes in all shapes and sizes. It is called "the staff of life." More people eat it than any other kind of food. In the United States, its name is a...
The seven days myth
"What is the very oldest story you know?" Jane asked her grandmother. Her grandmother thought for a moment. "I guess it must be the story of the Creation, from the Bible." "How old is it?" Jane...
Sponges, sea squirts, and worms
> sponges Sitting on the sea bottom is an object that looks like a black, lumpy ball. It never moves. It cannot see, hear, or smell. It has no head or mouth, no nerves, muscles, heart, or...
Whale families
Whales belong to a group of mammals called cetaceans (suh shuhnz). The name means \"large sea animal." There are about seventy-five kinds of whales. They are divided into two groups. Those called...
Pincushions of the sea
> sea urchins Imagine an animal that looks like a creeping pincushion! That's what many of the creatures called sea urchins look like. Let's visit a coral reef near Australia. At low tide you can...
