Babylonia was an important kingdom in the Near East about five thousand years ago. The Babylonians invented one of the first forms of writing, and wrote many texts on mathematics. They did their...
The first plants
> Long ago, the land was empty. All the plants and animals lived in the > water. > > They looked like tiny blobs of jelly. Many hundreds of millions of years ago, the world was a scary place!...
Star pictures
On a clear night, you may see thousands of twinkling stars. They seem to be scattered helter-skelter all over the sky. But if you look carefully, you will see that groups of stars seem to form...
Harriet’s Secret
from Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Eleven-year-old Harriet wants to be a writer. To prepare for her future career, she keeps a notebook in which she jots down what she sees and thinks. The...
Mummy Slept Late and Daddy Fixed Breakfast
by John Ciardi Daddy fixed the breakfast. He made us each a waffle. It looked like gravel pudding. It tasted something awful. "Ha, ha," he said, "I'll try again. This time I'll get it right."...
A Bear Called Paddington
from A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond with drawings by Peggy Fortnum Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met Paddington on a railway platform. In fact, that was how he came to have such an unusual name...