The cheese in your sandwich is orange. The tomato is bright red. The lettuce is green. The light brown bread has a dark brown crust. You would be surprised if your sandwich had red cheese, a brown...
A SNOWLAND CALLED GREENLAND
When the Norseman, Eric the Red, discovered a large island in the Atlantic Ocean, he thought if he gave it a good name people would want to move there. So he named the island Greenland. Greenland...
Nigeria celebrates
> With a rat-a-tat-tat of drums and a blare of bugles, rows of soldiers > march smartly down the street. Overhead, there is a roar as a > formation of warplanes rushes through the sky. Later, there...
The wearing of the green
St. Patrick's Day March 17 On St. Patrick's Day, you may hear such Irish songs as \"The Wearing of the Green." And on this day, many people---even some who are not Irish---do wear something green....
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)...
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...
Look for a Lovely Thing
All around you, the beauty of the green kingdom fills the world. Meadows in spring are carpets of green and gold and pink. Deserts are splashed with bright blossoms after rain. Woods glow^7^ w^7^ith...
Strange and Surprising Plants
If you think that all plants are green, have leaves, and grow in the ground, you're in for a surprise. Some plants are white, orange, or even purple, instead of green. Some plants grow on bread,...
The Christmas trees’ home
In the northern parts of the world, winters are long and cold and summers are cool. This is where many of the trees people use as Christmas trees live. There are huge forests of spruce trees, fir...
Why some trees stay green all winter
The kinds of trees that people use as Christmas trees are called "evergreens." Evergreen trees are "ever green." They don't change color and lose all their leaves in autumn as other trees do. The...