Is there a place named for an emperor, or a place named by a king? Is there a place named for some fish, or a place named after some women warriors? Is there a place named because it seemed...
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...
TREASURE PLACES
> A treasure can be trunks of gold buried by a pirate, or bars of gold > buried by a government. A treasure can be a famous painting hanging on a wall, or a picture painted right on a wall. Even...
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...
WHERE THEY RUN A COUNTRY
The club you may belong to has rules or laws. So do governments. But the people who run governments don't meet in a basement or a clubhouse the way your club might. Instead, they meet in special...
OH! AND AH! PLACES
If you see fireworks bursting in the sky, you might say, "Oh!" And if you see a litter of puppies, you might say, "Ah!" Other times you might feel like saying "Oh" or "Ah" are when you see certain...
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
If you stop to think about it, television, telephones, and jet planes are some of the wonders in our world today. Today, we know about seven wonders of the ancient world because men have found...
Books to Read
If you enjoyed reading about holidays and birthdays in this book, you can read more about celebrations. Some books about them are listed here. Your school or your public library will have many...
December
Woody Allen (1935) American comedian, actor, and filmmaker Lee Trevino (1939) American professional golf champion Georges Seurat \(1859\) French artist who started a way of painting called...
November
Benvenuto Cellini \(1500\) Italian goldsmith and sculptor Sholem Asch (1880) Polish-born author who wrote in Yiddish and English James K. Polk (1795) 11th President of the United States Warren...