Ketwago and his family live in the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. They belong to a group of people known as Bushmen. Most Bushmen do not raise animals or plants for food. Instead, the men and...
The hunting of the truffle
Truffles, like mushrooms, are a kind of fungus. But unlike mushrooms, truffles grow underground. That makes them hard to find. Truffles are so tasty that people often spend many hours hunting for...
Plants of the desert community
Life in the desert During the day, the desert looks lifeless. Most desert animals hide where they can escape the heat. When the sun goes down, a desert quickly cools. Desert rodents look for...
Keep out!
Some animals hunt for food in many different places and sleep wherever they happen to be. But other animals always sleep and hunt in the same place. This place is their territory. A dragonfly's...
A New Way
from Toolmaker by Jill Paton Walsh This story takes place many thousands of years ago, in the time called the Stone Age, when people made and used stone tools. Ra is a fine toolmaker, and his skill...
The Ant and the Dove
An Ant was speeding along on its three pairs of legs when, suddenly, it stopped. "I'm thirsty," the Ant said aloud. "Why don't you get a drink of water from the brook?" cooed a Dove perched in a...
