It's nice to have shady trees around you on a hot, summer day. It's nice to see the bright faces of flowers nodding at you, and to smell their sweet scent. It's nice to have cool grass to walk on...
Why leaves change color in autumn
Inside a leaf there are millions of tiny packages of color---yellow, orange, and green. The yellow is called xanthophyll, the orange is carotene, or carotin, and the green is chlorophyll. The green...
The great mystery
Hundreds of barn swallows sit in rows on telephone wires. Suddenly, with a great twittering, they all rush into the air. Staying close together in a big flock, they fly away. It is late summer and...
Many-Legged Creatures
Any sunny, summer day, in almost any back yard, empty lot, or lawn, you can see dozens of wild animals! You're sure to see the eight-legged creature that catches other animals in a trap. It's a...
The four seasons
Summer. Trees burst with thick loads of leaves. Flowers nod in soft, warm breezes. Insects buzz. A blue sky holds a bright, hot sun. Winter. Bare trees stand like bony skeletons against a cold, gray...
Something Told the Wild Geese
> by Rachel Field > > Something told the wild geese It was time to go. > > Though the fields lay golden > > Something whispered---"Snow." Leaves were green and stirring, Berries, > luster-glossed,...
The Dragon of Grindly Grun
> I'm the Dragon of Grindly Grun, But my lunches aren't very much fun, > For I like my damsels medium rare, And they always come out well > done. by Kaye Starbird I went away last August To...
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts She made some tarts, All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts He stole the tarts, And took them clean away. The King of Hearts Called for the tarts, And beat the knave full...