> These men lived in Starfish House at the bottom of the Bed Sea. You'd be surprised to look out your window and see a parrot fish, a jellyfish, or a mackerel swim by. But seeing fish outside his...
WHERE WE USE NATURE
Is there a river that runs backwards? Is there a place where people grow a plant that is a food and that can also be used to make blankets? Is there a road that's long enough to reach around the...
A SNOWLAND CALLED GREENLAND
When the Norseman, Eric the Red, discovered a large island in the Atlantic Ocean, he thought if he gave it a good name people would want to move there. So he named the island Greenland. Greenland...
NAMED FOR AN EMPEROR
Many years ago, a Roman emperor named Constantine decided to move the capital of his empire from Rome to a city called Byzantium. Byzantium was in the country we now call Turkey. Constantine made...
CLIMBING MOUNT FUJI
Some people climb mountains just because they're there. Others do it just for the fun or adventure of it. But some people climb Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, for a completely different...
A PREHISTORIC MONUMENT
On a broad plain in southern England stands a cluster of huge, tall stones. They are the remains of something that was built by prehistoric people, probably more than 3,500 years ago. Many people...
THEATER OF STONE
All the people in a city can't fit into a theater at the same time to see a movie or a play. Movies and plays are usually shown more than once so that everyone who wants to see them has a place to...
THE GLORY OF ANCIENT ROME
The people of ancient Rome met and mixed at open market places called forums. The most important of these, the Forum Romanum, or Roman Forum, became the center of Roman government. The Roman Forum...
ALL THAT’S LEFT
If you found a broken tin soldier buried under a big rock, you might try to find out where it came from. Some grown-ups do almost the same kind of thing. But they try to find answers about how...
MEETING HOUSE OE THE WORLD
Today, if two countries of the world have an argument or a fight, an organization called the United Nations is the go-between. The United Nations is a group of people from many nations who work to...