It is the oldest of all foods made by man. It comes in all shapes and sizes. It is called "the staff of life." More people eat it than any other kind of food. In the United States, its name is a...
Fingers and Forks
Have you ever eaten a hush-puppy? Did you ever taste toad-in-the-hole? Do you think you'd like to try baked snails---or boiled octopus---or frozen fish eyes? Every one of these foods is popular in...
The word that means you
When a baby is born, its family gives it an important gift----its first name. There are many reasons why parents give their children certain names. You may be named after one of your parents, or...
A death in the family
United States In most countries, people who have died are buried in the ground with a special ceremony. It's a sad time when someone in the family dies. Everywhere in the world there are...
Brothers and Sisters, Moms and Dads
What is a family? To the ancient Greeks, it was a mother, father, and their children, living together in the same house. That's what the word "family" has meant to many people for thousands of...
The chain from heaven
> Afunjo knew that his father was an anthropologist--- but he didn't > know what that was. He knew that his father spent lots of time at the > museum, in the town of Ife. And he knew his father often...
Blood and bones
"Tomas?" Juanita poked her nose into her big brother's room. "Tomas," she asked, "is it true that no one but Indians used to live here in Mexico City?" Her brother was studying the history of Mexico...
Light and life
"Aunt Maude, who are the Aborigines?" Mark asked. Mark was from America. He and his parents were visiting relatives in Australia. Mark had heard some Australians talking about people called...
Where Did We Come From?
How did the world begin? Where did we come from? People have been puzzling over questions like these for thousands of years. The Bible tells the myth of the Creation of the world in the Book of...
To know about our world
a telephone booth in Spain Talking to others on the telephone is one way people communicate. We all have to learn about the world we live in. And we have to learn the skills we need for our way of...