If you talk or sing before an audience, and your voice echoes, the echo makes your words bump into each other. That's bad, because people can't understand what you're saying or singing. Great...
THE DISAPPEARING TOE AT SAINT PETER S
> The huge dome of Saint Peter's Church in Vatican City looks like > this when you look up at it from inside. Your big toe might wear away, too, if people kissed it every day for years and years...
WHERE PEOPLE WORSHIP
For thousands of years, people have built places where they can pray and worship. Jews build synagogues, Moslems build mosques, Christians build churches, and Buddhists build temples. The next...
THE RULERS OF JAPAN
> The National Diet Building in Tokyo is where the parliament of Japan > meets. For more than two thousand years, Japan was ruled by emperors, or by people who ruled for the emperor. During all...
WHO’S ZEUS?
Thousands of years ago, people believed that a god named Zeus watched over the sky and the weather. A Greek sculptor and his men carved a statue of Zeus at a place called Olympia in Greece. No one...
WHERE A GODDESS LIVED
Long ago, the people of Greece and Rome believed in many gods and goddesses. Stories, which we call myths, were made up about the gods and goddesses. These myths helped to explain the things in...
The happiest holiday
Away in a manger, No crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus Lay down His sweet head; The stars in the bright sky Looked down where He lay--- The little Lord Jesus Asleep on the hay. from A Little...
Cakes and candles
St. Lucia Day December 13 Down the village street comes a small group of young people. At the head of the group walks a pretty girl in a long, white dress. Upon her head she wears a crown of green...
The “tenth” month
December is the twelfth month of the year. It has thirty-one days. In ancient Roman times, when the year began in March, December was the tenth month of the year. This month got its name from decern,...
A day to vote
For months, people have heard speeches on TV, seen signs and posters, and read the newspapers. Now, all across the United States, they are going to polling places to vote. It's Election Day. ...