The very first kind of house was a cave. It had walls that kept out harsh winds and prowling animals. It had a ceiling that kept out the rain. It had a floor on which to sit or curl up and sleep. In...
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...
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...
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...
Who Are We?
We're all the people in the world. We live in cities or villages, in deserts, on mountains, and on islands in the seas. Wherever we are, we make homes to live in and find work to do. We come in...
Birds
You might mistake an eel for a snake, or think of a whale as a fish. But no one can mistake a bird for any other kind of animal. Birds are the only animals that have feathers. And all birds have...
Sponges, sea squirts, and worms
> sponges Sitting on the sea bottom is an object that looks like a black, lumpy ball. It never moves. It cannot see, hear, or smell. It has no head or mouth, no nerves, muscles, heart, or...
Mammals
Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, and humans are some of the creatures called mammals uhls). They're all warm-blooded and have some hair. This is one way to tell them from fish and reptiles, which are...