> At sunrise your shadow on the ground is very long---longer than you > are! At sunset your shadow is long again, but it points the other way. > And in the middle of the day, when the sun is high in...
Paint and Print
How can you tell a story without using words? If you guessed "I can paint a picture," you're right! Paint talks. With paint you can tell about the places you've visited, the things you've seen, and...
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...
The month to purify
February is the second and shortest month of the year. Usually, this month has only twenty-eight days. But every fourth year--- called leap year---an extra day is added. This keeps the calendar in...
Different calendars
The calendar you use every day isn't the only kind of calendar. There are others. The Hebrew, or Jewish, calendar is used to fix the dates of the Jewish religious year. It follows both the moon and...
The Changing calendar
People made the first calendars by dividing a year into twelve \"moons," or months. But they had a problem. A year is the time it takes the earth to travel once around the sun. This comes to about...
When does a year begin?
For most people, the first day of the year is January 1. But this was not always so. The ancient Greeks started their year on the first day of winter---December 21 or 22. The Romans began their year...
Twelve months make a year
> Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest > have thirty-one, Except February alone, And that has twenty-eight days > clear And twenty-nine in each leap year. > > Old...
Vacation time
A vacation is a time to forget work and worries. It's a time to have fun, or a time to rest. It's a time for families to do things together. Some families like to take trips to faraway places....
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...