Most of the fish you see are probably no more than a foot or two (30-60 centimeters) in length. But some fish are giants. Some of the biggest fish are sharks. The very biggest fish in the ocean is...
The biggest living things
The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived---bigger than an elephant, bigger than the biggest dinosaur. But even the blue whale isn't the largest living thing on earth. Trees are. And...
Growing a new arm
Sun Starfish A starfish's points are its arms. Most starfish have five arms. Some have many more. There's an animal that has eyes and feet on its arms and turns its stomach inside out when it eats!...
This amphibian
> The red-eyed tree frog is an amphibian. This is a looking page. It can show you many things about this frog, if you look carefully. See the frog's big, round eyes? They are on the very top of...
Fog
by Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. by Elizabeth Coatsworth Swift things are beautiful: Swallows and...
Ducks’ Ditty
by Kenneth Grahame All along the backwater, Through the rushes tall, Ducks are a-dabbling, Up tails all! Ducks' tails, drakes' tails, Yellow feet a-quiver, Yellow bills all out of sight Busy in...
Pinocchio
from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi translated from the Italian by Carol Della Chiesa When Mastro Cherry the carpenter found a piece of wood that laughed and talked, he gave it to his...
Months of the Year
by Sara Coleridge January brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. March brings breezes, loud and shrill, To stir the dancing...
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