> More than a thousand years ago, a man wrote a book of puzzles---the > kind of puzzles we call "brainteasers." Here is one of the puzzles > from that book. See if you can solve it. There was once...
LINKS TO LAND
When yon travel from place to place and rivers and lakes get in the way, you can go across by boat, or go around them, or go over a bridge. People build bridges to make it easier to travel from place...
WHERE NATURE GETS IN THE WAY
What happens when you want to get to the other side of a mountain, when you can't climb it? How do you get to the other side of a lake or a river, when you don't have a boat? How do you get a boat...
TAMING A RIVER
The once-wild Colorado River has been tamed. A mighty dam keeps the river from overflowing and flooding houses and farmlands. Water from the river goes to farms in three states. The river also makes...
WHERE WE USE NATURE
Is there a river that runs backwards? Is there a place where people grow a plant that is a food and that can also be used to make blankets? Is there a road that's long enough to reach around the...
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...
A HOLY CITY FOR HINDUS
The city of Varanasi, India, also known as Banaras, has more than a thousand places to pray---temples for people who belong to the Hindu religion. Most Hindu temples have many shrines. Hindus go to...
THE SMOKE THAT THUNDERS
One of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world is on the Zambezi River in Africa. At the river's halfway point, between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe, the water plunges over Victoria...
WHAT A RIVER!
Many smaller rivers join the mighty Amazon as it nears the Atlantic Ocean. > The Amazon River is so wide, the people living in this village can > hardly see the other side. The Amazon River is...
Thanksgiving Day
> by Lydia Maria Child > > Over the river and through the wood, > > To Grandfather's house we go, The horse knows the way > > To carry the sleigh > > Through the white and drifted snow. > > Over...
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