When people first began to raise crops, they had to carry the grain from the field to a storage place. They soon learned that they could carry two loads easily by hanging one load at each end of a...
The foolish millionaire and the clever girl
There was once a very rich and greedy man who loved money more than anything else in the world. He knew he had lots of money, but he didn't know exactly how much. So he hired a little girl to count...
Texas Slim’s problem
Texas Slim, the leader of the bandit gang, rubbed his hands together happily. He and his men had just robbed the Pecos bank. They had stolen twenty-one thousand dollars I "Okay, boys," grinned Slim,...
Gifts for ghosts
> Indian children, dressed in costumes, take part in a harvest > celebration in New Mexico. The Feast of the Hungry Ghosts September 6 Have you ever heard of ghost money, orphan ghosts, or hungry...
The Ways We Work
The sun is shining on our backs. In town, we shall be paid fish for our barley. That was a song of Egyptian farmers, more than 3,000 years ago. Wall paintings in ancient tombs show these farmers at...
To get the things we need
We all work to get the things we need. Some of us grow our own food and make our own clothes. Some of us work for money to buy these things. In this book, you will discover some of the ways we earn a...
Jewels from the sea
People have always looked upon sea shells as beautiful, precious objects. As long as thirty thousand years ago, sea shells were used as jewelry. Necklaces made of sea shells have been found in the...
The flower that nearly ruined a country
Imagine paying thousands of dollars for a flower that hasn't even grown yet! That's what many people did about 300 years ago in the Netherlands. Tulips were new to the country, which was called...
Number Rhymes from Mother Goose
One to Make Ready > One to make ready, > > And two to prepare; Good luck to the rider, And away goes the mare. > > 1, 2, 3, 4 > > 1, 2, 3, 4, Mary at the cottage door 5, 6, 7, 8, > > Eating...
