In most villages around the world, you'll find lots of houses. But on the island of Borneo, a Dyak village may have only one house! That's because the house is a village all by itself! A Dyak house,...
Part-time families
Israel This Israeli family celebrates a birthday. They live on a big farm called a kibbutz. On a kibbutz in Israel, parents and children do not live together. The parents stay in a house for...
Brothers and Sisters, Moms and Dads
What is a family? To the ancient Greeks, it was a mother, father, and their children, living together in the same house. That's what the word "family" has meant to many people for thousands of...
What we learn makes the difference
Botswana Kwi lives in a hot desert, so he doesn't wear clothes. He has no house---his family travels from place to place to find food. Kwi is six years old. He lives in the Kalahari Desert in...
A window-sill garden
You can have a bright, cheerful garden in your house all winter---a window-sill garden of house plants! You can buy small house plants at many stores. Put them on a window sill, or on a table near a...
The perfume plant
> calamus Do you think it would be fun to have leaves on the floor of your house instead of a rug? Long ago, people in Europe and early settlers in America would gather leaves of the calamus...
Animal houses
> Beaver Home > > An underwater tunnel leads into the house where beavers sleep and stay > warm. Where do the animals go when winter winds blow, when snow is in the air and on the ground? Where...
Clever Manka
from The Shoemaker's Apron by Parker Fillmore In many folk tales and fairy tales, people need magic and good luck to overcome their troubles and make wishes come true. But in this story, which comes...
A Riddle! A Riddle!
1\. Riddle me, riddle me, what is that, Over the head and under the hat? > It's just like a cup; It's yellow, as yellow as butter, And they call it 3. A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose, a hundred...
Who Is So Pretty?
by Elizabeth Coatsworth Skitter, skatter, Leap and squeak! We've been dancing Half the week. Under the sofa, Along the shelf, Every mouse Is wild as an elf. Big round ear And bright black eye,...
