The first three volumes of Childcraft introduce children to literature from all ages and from around the world. In Volumes 4 through 14, children learn about living things, about machines and...
Sex and your child
By James Walters, Ph.D., and Lynda Walters, Ph.D. Increasingly, parents want their children to develop the attitude that sex is a normal, natural part of life, and that sexual feelings are healthy...
Look at my voice
No one's voice is exactly like mine. And my voice isn't always exactly the same. But people usually know me by my voice. I use my lips, my tongue, and my teeth when I speak. I also use the soft part...
I wonder and I wish
I wonder if I'll ever know about everything in my world. I ask about the things that puzzle me. I learn some new thing every day. Still I wonder. I write poems that tell about the things that are...
I see signs
Sometimes there is so much noise I cannot hear words. Or sometimes people are too far away for their voices to reach me. But they make signs with their arms and hands and I know what the signs mean. ...
Hola, allo, hello
I need words for lots of things---to say who I am \... to talk to my friends . . . to tell funny stories \... to ask directions . . . to shout, "Happy Birthday!" \... to call my mother \... to...
Knowledge
An animal knows some things by instinct. Some animals learn things, such as how to get food, from their parents. But no animal can think up new ideas and teach these ideas to other animals. That's...
Thinking
I have been wondering. That's thinking. I found some answers. I read them and understood them. That's thinking, too. Scientists don't know exactly how people think. They do know that people think...
Answers for me
I wonder and I find the answers. Dogs have extra-sharp hearing. My dog knows me by my footsteps. Some people are left-handed because the part of their brain that directs their left hand is stronger...
Wondering me
I wonder, wonder, wonder, all day long. My dad says I'm a "wonder machine." I wonder how my dog knows I'm home from school even before I open the door. I wonder about people. Why are some people...
