Whirr! The faster you turn the handle, the faster the eggbeater goes. Pretty soon the eggs are a froth of golden-yellow bubbles! The eggbeater makes the work easy---much easier and faster than if you...
The Sugar Egg
by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey There was a very important proclamation on the gate of the king's palace, and this was what it said: \"The king wishes a new and different kind of Easter egg for the...
Color and decorate your own Easter eggs
To make colored eggs, start with white hard- cooked eggs. Ask a grown-up to cook them for you. Then cover your work space with a pad of newspaper. To make the dye solution, add a teaspoonful of...
Bunnies and bells
Easter Who brings colored eggs at Easter? It all depends on where you live. Children in the United States and Canada say the Easter bunny, or rabbit, brings eggs at Easter. Children in England and...
Birds
You might mistake an eel for a snake, or think of a whale as a fish. But no one can mistake a bird for any other kind of animal. Birds are the only animals that have feathers. And all birds have...
Turtles of the sea
The biggest of all turtles makes its home in the sea. It's called the leatherback because its shell is covered by leathery black skin. A full-grown leatherback may be more than six feet (1.8 meters)...
Sea horses
Someone once described the sea horse as a fish with the head of a horse, the tail of a monkey, the hard, outer shell of an insect, and the pouch of a kangaroo! And this is a good description. The sea...
Why some leaves have bumps
> insect galls on oak leaf > > When insects lay eggs on leaves, little bumps called galls swell up > all around the eggs. Sometimes, the leaves or stems of plants become spotted with little...
The life of a grass frog
In early spring, the mother grass frog lays a thousand or more eggs in a lake or pond. Five days later, tiny wiggly tadpoles come out of the eggs. > After two months, the tadpoles grow little...
Scaly babies and mothers
A large American alligator crawls into some thorny bushes. She pulls up bushes with her mouth. She stamps her feet. Soon, she has macle a wide, clear place. She makes a pile of mud and plants. She...
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