> Most children enjoy having stories read to them at bedtime. stimulated to a point where both the amount and the quality of sleep suffer. A child who becomes overtired may resist going to bed and...
Twenty-four hours a day
Why do we have twenty-four hours in a day? Why not twenty hours? Or sixteen hours? As a matter of fact, we have twenty-four hours in a day simply because the Egyptians did. They invented the...
CARNIVAL IN COPENHAGEN
> The Chinese Pagoda Restaurant in Tivoli Gardens > > Tivoli Gardens at night > A balloon seller in Tivoli Gardens In the daytime, the Tivoli in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a shady park where yon...
THE TREE OF THE SAD NIGHT
> This drawing shows the army of Hernando Cortes fighting the Aztec > Indians long ago. > The Tree of the Sad Night in Tacuba, Mexico Long ago, Hernando Cortes of Spain decided to capture the...
BATTY BIRDS
A cave can be a home for bats and rats, and crayfish and crickets. But some caves are homes for birds. One kind of a bird that lives in caves is the oilbird. Oilbirds sleep during the day and search...
Tales of mighty warriors
Scaly dragons and knights in armor. . .magic swords and magic spells. . .great battles and deeds of courage! Nearly every part of the world has stories filled with such things---tales of mighty...