Imagine that it is five thousand years ago and that you are a rich merchant in the ancient city of Babylon. You have a curly black beard and a purple robe with yellow fringe at the bottom. You're...
Pebbles for tens
Like everyone else in the family, Mirim had lots of work to do. Even when she was very little, Mirim had helped her mother grind grain for bread and pick berries and grapes. But now that she was...
Where the sea meets the land
Wherever the sea touches land, whether it's the edge of a tiny island or the coast of a continent, there is almost always a beach. A beach is a stretch of sand, pebbles, or mud. The sea makes...